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> many months of my & my partner's life, and risked dying to be a few cm taller Wrong assumption. Men who wants to be taller are doing it to have more success
by general1726 1y ago
> many months of my & my partner's life, and risked dying to be a few cm taller
Wrong assumption. Men who wants to be taller are doing it to have more success in dating, because women are heavily biased towards taller men.
- orn688 1y agoThe main subject of the article, “Frank”, is already married. This is the part of the article that explains his motivation: > There were the kids at school who taunted him for his height; a longtime online fan of his artwork who remarked, on meeting him, that Frank was “shorter than I expected”; or the guys who randomly shoved him in the street a few years ago, tearing out his headphones. They wouldn’t have done that to a taller man, he reasons.