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Originally Posted by StateofMind  At 19, I'm 5'7" and probably won't be getting any taller. It kills me, because I know height is something girls look for and I can't do anything to improve my own. To me, this is harder to deal with than being overweight, unhealthy, or having any other remediable fault. This is something that's wrong with me that I can't do anything about! It sucks! |
Actually at 19 there's a good chance you'll grow another 1-2 inches. Men grow well into their early 20s.
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Another thing I'm interested in knowing is how girls view height. Is taller just sexier, or is the shortness unattractive? How important is it, and what things precede and fall below it on your lists of priorities?
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I like short men, and I've dated quite a few. Height has never been an issue for me at all. I'm 5'9" and I prefer men to be within 2 inches of me either way, but to be honest height has never been a deciding factor for me. I've dated men from 5'3" to 6'5". I don't know many women for whom height is a big factor at all. I really don't think you have much to worry about-- focus on the things you can change about yourself and how you can be good boyfriend/husband material.
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Originally Posted by tripod Height provides a longer stride and longer reach. Those are important for the survival of our species. Women have been breeding for height since the dawn of time. |
People on this site have some of the wackiest views of evolution I've ever seen. Can you give me a link to some peer-reviewed studies where this has been postulated to be the case? Because otherwise you're talking out of your asshole.
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Let me put it in a nutshell for you, if you are short, you will be always lonely and never hooking up with the girls of your choice, they will 99% of the time go for a taller man because their DNA makes them do it.
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Right. Please PM JustAsking or many of the other people on this site with a rich understanding of evolutionary biology about why this is pure speculation in the guise of evolution, and how culture, not DNA, affect many of our choices. It's most likely that the reason why most women are with men who are taller than they are is that most men are taller than most women. The average height for men is 5'10" and the average for women is 5'4. IFrom CDC data, 80% of men are 5'7" or taller. In women, only 10% are taller than 5'7". So it makes sense that most women end up with taller men because most men are taller than most women.
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I know this because I am in the wedding business and we have only had 3 or 5 guys under 5 foot 9 out of HUNDREDS of grooms... they are ALL tall. Face it, women do NOT want to pass on our short genes to their children. They want Barbie doll and Ken looking offspring, because being tall almost ensures your survival as a human. Tall people also consistently get better jobs and make more money, they are ultimately more successful. Women are OBSESSED with the length of their legs and the only way to ensure that you won't have children with stubby legs is to breed with a person of tall stature.
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I've worked just as many weddings as you or possibly more, and I can tell you that I have dealt with many grooms that are that same height than I am or shorter. Do you measure all of your grooms and account for shoe height? Where are you getting this 5'9" number from? Is this a rough guess? If it is, it's very likely that your estimates are off by a couple inches anyway. Giving you an error margin of an inch, 70% of men are taller than 5'8" so it's likely that you don't see many grooms who are very short but not because short men are somehow unmarriageable.
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You as a shorter man, will be more successful with TALL women! Yes, that's right, TALL women... they are NOT obsessed with lengthening the bones of their children's shinbones and may well want to breed with a smaller person to reduce the size of their female offspring.
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This may be true for some women, but again, this is pure speculation on your part (as is everything you said in your post).