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"Most women reject short men as mates" Are you sure? Because this, why being `obvious' after 15 seconds of thinking, may be or not be true. My anecdotal obser

"Most women reject short men as mates" Are you sure? Because this, why being `obvious' after 15 seconds of thinking, may be or not be true. My anecdotal observations reveal an unusual number of pairs where a tall woman happily dates below average height man. It works the other way too, short women often date tall men. Anyway, no person really need most people of opposite genre accepting them as a mate. A few is usually enough. If you'll prove that tall men have more successful marriages, it would be a huge deal, so I assume that no such correlation exist. Successful marriage is a complicated thing and I assume that its relation to ease of dating and partner selectivity is very non-linear.

Mz 11y ago
This is pretty well established. Most women, even quite short women, want taller men. My ex husband was slightly shorter than me, so it isn't all women. But, yes, bias by women against short men is a well known thing. If they will not even accept a first date because of your height, the odds of marriage go down pretty seriously. You need to get your foot in the door and get to the altar as some minimum prerequisites for achieving a successful marriage.
colmvp 11y ago
Online dating stats, at least from OKTrends, show tall men have more sexual partners than men below the average height. I also wouldn't be surprised if that also holds true for receiving more responses compared to short men. Furthermore, my recorded stats of women's profiles in the online dating site Match.com show a significantly higher number of women prefer to date men of their own height or taller than women who are willing to date men shorter than them. Plus, it's also not uncommon for short women to exclusively date tall men, whereas it's very rare for even tall women to date guys who are significantly shorter than them.
- guard-of-terra 11y ago
  "it's very rare for even tall women to date guys who are significantly shorter than them" It's not very relevant who people date, much more relevant who they end up with. Might be counter-intuitive.
  - magicGLASSman 11y ago
    Come on, you normally end up with someone that you date... don't see many people ending up with someone they never dated.
prawn 11y ago
"My anecdotal observations reveal an unusual number of pairs where a tall woman happily dates above average height man. It works the other way too, short women often date tall men." Aren't you saying the same thing as Mz? That women will favour men taller than themselves? A tall woman will often be shorter than an above-average-height man.
- guard-of-terra 11y ago
  Fixed above -> below, sorry for confusion.
Spooky23 11y ago
Tall women get screwed in other ways -- guys tend to be intimidated by them, and the more assholely among us will consider them "fat". In my unscientific observation, tall woman / short dude is usually linked to a relatively older woman.

Mz 11y ago

This is pretty well established. Most women, even quite short women, want taller men. My ex husband was slightly shorter than me, so it isn't all women. But, yes, bias by women against short men is a well known thing. If they will not even accept a first date because of your height, the odds of marriage go down pretty seriously. You need to get your foot in the door and get to the altar as some minimum prerequisites for achieving a successful marriage.

colmvp 11y ago

Online dating stats, at least from OKTrends, show tall men have more sexual partners than men below the average height. I also wouldn't be surprised if that also holds true for receiving more responses compared to short men. Furthermore, my recorded stats of women's profiles in the online dating site Match.com show a significantly higher number of women prefer to date men of their own height or taller than women who are willing to date men shorter than them. Plus, it's also not uncommon for short women to exclusively date tall men, whereas it's very rare for even tall women to date guys who are significantly shorter than them.

guard-of-terra 11y ago
"it's very rare for even tall women to date guys who are significantly shorter than them" It's not very relevant who people date, much more relevant who they end up with. Might be counter-intuitive.
- magicGLASSman 11y ago
  Come on, you normally end up with someone that you date... don't see many people ending up with someone they never dated.

prawn 11y ago

"My anecdotal observations reveal an unusual number of pairs where a tall woman happily dates above average height man. It works the other way too, short women often date tall men." Aren't you saying the same thing as Mz? That women will favour men taller than themselves? A tall woman will often be shorter than an above-average-height man.

guard-of-terra 11y ago
Fixed above -> below, sorry for confusion.

Spooky23 11y ago

Tall women get screwed in other ways -- guys tend to be intimidated by them, and the more assholely among us will consider them "fat". In my unscientific observation, tall woman / short dude is usually linked to a relatively older woman.