Franktank said:Thought this would be a serious discussion. I guess not
catal1z said:What really perplexes me is the number of short women who insist that they only will date men considerably taller than themselves. It is very common for women 5’ 4” or under to state that they “absolutely” only want to meet a man at least 5’ 10” and they really prefer 6’.
I find it amazing how many women have attached an almost magical meaning to the height of 6’. If society tended to describe people in terms of inches rather than feet, I wonder how attractive it would sound to hear a man described as “72 inches tall,” rather than “70 inches.”
catal1z said:What really perplexes me is the number of short women who insist that they only will date men considerably taller than themselves. It is very common for women 5’ 4” or under to state that they “absolutely” only want to meet a man at least 5’ 10” and they really prefer 6’.
I find it amazing how many women have attached an almost magical meaning to the height of 6’. If society tended to describe people in terms of inches rather than feet, I wonder how attractive it would sound to hear a man described as “72 inches tall,” rather than “70 inches.”
lono said:catal1z said:What really perplexes me is the number of short women who insist that they only will date men considerably taller than themselves. It is very common for women 5’ 4” or under to state that they “absolutely” only want to meet a man at least 5’ 10” and they really prefer 6’.
I find it amazing how many women have attached an almost magical meaning to the height of 6’. If society tended to describe people in terms of inches rather than feet, I wonder how attractive it would sound to hear a man described as “72 inches tall,” rather than “70 inches.”
I've heard many adult women blather on about 6' like they're little girls talking about santa claus. It is a social construct not based on a biological footing. The best height for relationships is 5" to 8" inches above the girl depending on how tall the girl is herself. The best height for men is 6'1" to 6'2" assuming an average height of 5'10".
The problem with this height obsession is that attraction is strongly based on social definitions of what is attractive. Especially for women.
You can see this with the recent western obsession with the bearded tattooed hipster
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I myself have noticed I've become more attracted to natural hair girls as that trend has taken off
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This leads to a situation where girls are being told to only be attracted to tall guys and are following suit, leaving short guys in the dust.
Totally agree with finding taller girls more attractive, but not the height>face thing. Im not even coping because im short or whatever girls will factor in face before height 9/10 timesstreetlightin said:I think there is too little for women to find attractive in men besides height, which btw includes body frame 6'+ guys who weigh 135lbs are not deemed attractive.
Face counts too, but height trumps it.
I think it's partly biologically rooted but it is only reinforce through culture.
The funny thing is even as a short man myself, I get it. I find tallish women WAY more attractive, but for some reason all the tall guys I know go after tiny "cute" women... I'm like WTF???
streetlightin said:that was my idea on here not too long ago.
I contribute to r/short and posted it there. 95% of the guys on there dismissed it or called me a troll.
There are some Truth seekers on there that said that was a good idea, but I suspect they are lookism users as well.
Franktank said:Sexual dimorphism in humans is pretty minimal when you compare it to our primate cousins. We are more like bonobos which have very little dimorphism.
alien said:Being an autistic manlet is even worse than just being a manlet.
Someone mentioned yesterday as an autist, I am being cucked by my own brain. That sounds like an accurate description of what autism sounds like.
This is why I'm in favour of a further splintering. ***** is about hating sluts, lookism is about looksmaxxing. r/TRP is about game and self-improvement.
Where is the forum for those of us who have swallowed the autism pill and realize that cognitive cuckoldry at birth is the primary reason for our problems?
catal1z said:What really perplexes me is the number of short women who insist that they only will date men considerably taller than themselves. It is very common for women 5’ 4” or under to state that they “absolutely” only want to meet a man at least 5’ 10” and they really prefer 6’.
I find it amazing how many women have attached an almost magical meaning to the height of 6’. If society tended to describe people in terms of inches rather than feet, I wonder how attractive it would sound to hear a man described as “72 inches tall,” rather than “70 inches.”