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Perhaps. But I wasn’t talking about the “noticing”, but rather, the fact that the sound and thought of 5’8/5’9 differs in people’s reactions. W/e. I don’t personally think it’s a big difference.</p>
<p>Most people don’t even know what 5’8" or 5’9" looks like since most people lie about their height.</p>
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<p>Very true. </p>
<p>Also, there was a study done where groups were asked to guess the height of a test subject. Even though the test subject was the same man, the study found that different groups attributed a taller estimation of his height when his status was upgraded (for example, when he was introduced as a teaching assistant, he was given an average height of 5’10", but when he was upgraded to a professor, he was given a height of 6’). What this tells us is that even something as physically obvious as tallness and shortness has a lot of social bias involved.</p>
<p>I vote for short!..and if we were having this discussion about the ideal breast size or weight for women…we would be called sexist.</p>
<p>nbachris2788–wow that’s REALLY interesting!</p>
<p>I am pure Chinese immigrant and I am 6 ft!! I know it is not tall, but I am happy :).</p>
<p>I am the OP; I’m sorry if I offended any male here less than 5’7". Most women want a guy who is taller than 5’6."</p>
<p>My ideal male height is 6’1"-6’3". They don’t need to be giants. I prefer medium-to-muscular built. 
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<p>Regarding Asians, I notice Korean and Northern Chinese descent men tend to be tall (at least 6 foot).</p>
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This is exactly how I classify male heights.<br>
Some girls who are considerably short might prefer a short guy, like girls who are under 5’0". I actually see them at my school every now and then.
I’d put Koreans and Chinese at 5’9"-5’10". I believe Filipinos tend to be the shortest of the Asians; the average is somewhere under 5’8".</p>
<p>I’m 5’5" and my boyfriend is 5’7" and I don’t think of him as really short…? Err maybe he’s 5’8", Iunno. Definitely shorter end of average but not short.</p>
<p>edit: I also like 6’1.5"</p>
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<p>My friend was born in Korea and he’s 6’1.5" tall. </p>
<p>Besides that, I have definitely see some 6’0+ Koreans and Chinese men although the average height for them is around 5’10". Southeast Asians are very short.</p>
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<p>The shortest are cambodians and vietnamese.</p>
<p>Oh, that would make sense.</p>
<p>This thread makes me sad im 6’6"</p>
<p>there’s a subset of women who love giant guys and since there aren’t very many of you, you’re all good.</p>
<p>I noticed that a lot of girls in this thread wanted a guy usually taller than them. The question in my head is ‘Why?’. I do not like girls to be shorter than me as a guy. An inch or two is fine but I do not like it when they are like 5’3-5’5 and I am over six inches taller. Anyone here want to tell me that?</p>
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It’s pretty obvious - the average woman is 5’4, the average guy is like 5’9 - men are taller, and there is a 5 inch difference on average, so obviously most women end up dating men who are taller than them…not hard to figure out. Most girls prefer average/tall guys, not guys who are shorter than them…I guess it’s partly because traditionally, men are seen as physically stronger and bigger, which they are. Even though in modern times a man doesn’t necessarily need to “protect” a woman, how many times do you see women with men shorter than them? it happens, but it’s rare.</p>
<p>I prefer men to be 4-6 inches taller than me. Anything more and he’s too big for me.</p>
<p>Some women want taller men because they want taller children.</p>
<p>hmm…I don’t really care too much but I suppose they should be atleast 5’6’'. No midgets lol.</p>
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<p>Other than physical attraction, I think the main reason is that girls fear that if they date a shorter guy, they (the girls) will be seen as somehow indesirable because only a desperate girl would date a guy shorter than they were. Unless, of course, the short guy was somebody like Gael Garcia Bernal.</p>
<p>Hmm… Asian people here (in canada) aren’t short, but aren’t tall either. I think we’re pretty average. I mean, there’s the odd person whos like 5’0, but I’ve also seen a quite a few over 6 feet.</p>
<p>However, when I went back to China last year, I saw A LOT of really tall people. The average was probably over 6 feet.</p>