<p>As a guy who is only 5’7, I’m devastated to find out that despite all the hard work I put in, I will never be able to be successful in life because I’m short. Apparently, height is more valued than qualities such as intelligent, honesty and respect. </p>
<p>“A survey of Fortune 500 CEO height in 2005 revealed that they were on average 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall” </p>
<p>“The results clearly indicated that the female subjects had strong and consistently negative attitudes regarding men of short height. On the other hand, men of average height and men of tall height were seen in consistently positive terms. The female subjects found men of short height to be more immature, inhibited, negative, insecure, conforming, feminine, passive, incomplete, pessimistic, withdrawn; and less successful and capable than either their average or taller male counterparts.” – “Stature and Stigma: The Biopsychosocial Development of Short Males”</p>
<p>I’m tired of this stupid height discrimination. I’m absolutely ok with women, discriminating against short guys for dating because I’m aware that being a short guy is basically equivalent to being an obese girl. However, it’s ridiculous that my height will prevent me from taking leadership positions in the future. It’s unbelievable that height is so important in our society today.</p>
<p>Seriously? I’m a 5 foot 9 girl and get teased for it all the time. I wish I were shorter. SHORT MALES AND TALL FEMALES UNITE AGAINST STEREOTYPES!!</p>
<p>In all seriousness, five seven isn’t that short, I wouldn’t worry about it too much at this point. It won’t “prevent you from taking leadership positions in the future”, but the pessimistic attitude might. Your past achievements and “intelligence, honesty, and respect” will get you much farther in life than your height. Including dating, btw.</p>
<p>Calm down and stop worrying. The only way your height is going to affect your future success is because you allow it to make you insecure. If you have the skills and confidence, you’re going to get the job you want. No one is going to turn down a well-qualified candidate because of his height.</p>
<p>I’m just sick of the fact that the United States is the only country that has people who believe height precipitates automatic leadership skills. In france, russia, and other countries, there have been leaders under 6ft. But in the United States, the last 4 presidents were over 6ft, and 95% of ceos are over 6ft. Furthermore, whenever a short guy tries to be assertive and tries to take leadership roles, he is labeled as having a “napoleon complex.” When a tall guy is assertive, he is labeled as having leadership qualities and having confidence.</p>
<p>I’m so short it’s not even funny…
It sucks, I can tell you that. It’s like I walk into a room, and everyone either ignores me, doesn’t notice me, or thinks I’m automatically shy and quiet…</p>
<p>Cuz I’m short</p>
<p>I always have to be overly outgoing and weird to erode that stigma, it gets tiring after a while</p>
<p>@College cookie, how about the flip side … tall girls? All the guys make fun of me I think its less a case of tall-ness or short-ness traits and more a stereotype issue.</p>
<p>@bookworm934 I know tall girls also face the same stereotypes, but they make it hard for themselves sometimes because they have arbitrary height cutoffs and they refuse to date short guys.</p>
<p>Have you ever walked into a party and saw a crowd of hot girls surrounding someone? You walk closer and realize the guy is flat-out ugly or short.</p>
<p>It’s all about the attitude. And having game helps in the dating market.</p>
<p>it would be so awesome, walking into a room and having a sense of respect placed on you immediately</p>
<p>ever notice that? when a supertall person walks into a room, people kinda notice more
like basketball players. when they walk into a room, even before you know who they are, they’re like in a place of <em>power</em> somehow</p>
<p>I’m 15 and 5’11, and I’ll admit that It’s really nice be tall, but it isn’t everything. The reason tall people are more successful is because we seem to have more confidence in general-something you seem to lack. (Sorry if that was rude) If all else fails, look at vlad putin.</p>
<p>Are females included in that list?
I find that really short girls are at more than a disadvantage - something about being insignificant, unimposing and “cute”.</p>
<p>But uh… perfectly average height here! what.up.</p>
<p>No, short girls are considered attractive, while short guys can never be desirable no matter how hard they try to be. A survey conducted by cosmopolitan magazine said that women consider height to be the number one factor in attraction to a male.</p>
<p>@collegecookie if you’re in 8th grade you shouldn’t worry about your height, you’ll probably hit a growth spurt and get to average height. Unfortunately for me, I was done growing in 8th grade and am stuck at 5’7.</p>
<p>Aw dfree, such paternal advice. Probably 'cause you tall and consequently absurdly intelligent.
Anthropologically speaking, short girls are considered cute because they look vulnerable. Short guys aren’t for the same reason.</p>
<p>My proposed solution: If short guys get massively rich, they won’t be vulnerable - they’ll become powerful and animal attractive and they’ll upset the natural order of female priorities. </p>
<p>And if you think about it… on some level… isn’t that why you want to get into college? To be successful → rich → girls.</p>
I think its less a case of tall-ness or short-ness traits and more a stereotype issue.</p>