I agree that the consequences of height are drilled into us in adolescence when we're mostly dealing with sexual competition, not yet competing for promotions a

I agree that the consequences of height are drilled into us in adolescence when we're mostly dealing with sexual competition, not yet competing for promotions and such. Teenage girls are more likely to be picked on for being tall than short. In retrospect, I was lucky that I went to a high school where I was only a tiny bit on the short side, good enough that when I was feeling down on myself (i.e., all the time when I was in high school) I could tell myself "at least I'm average height." I didn't realize until I left home that the demographic people judge me by is quite a bit taller than the demographic of my hometown.