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Why do women mock short men?

With all of the global women's movements toward equality - women's suffrage, feminism, calling out pay disparities, body acceptance, why then do women turn around and mock men who don't meet their or society's standards? Isn't it bizarre? Like I could go out and make fun of fat women and then be chastised for it, but then they could mock short men at work or in social settings and be cheered on for it. 

Why of all people would women engage in or encourage this behavior? 

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Thu Feb 16, 2017 02:57 PM
If you woke up 6' tomorrow, how would you benefit the most?

Would it be packs of women chasing you down to sleep with you? I doubt it because many of my friends who are 6'+ get zero play. So how you would your life change in a way that you wouldn't have to work as hard to achieve something as you do now because you believe your height is holding you back?

With me it would be not having to put up with being accused of "little man syndrome", so purely psychological. I think I'd also feel more confident.

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Thu Feb 16, 2017 02:45 PM
Or maybe expand your preferences? This annoys the crap out of me

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Thu Feb 16, 2017 02:41 PM
I hate being a weak 5 feet 7

I'm into my thirties now and I still have trouble dealing with my lack of height. I measured myself and found I dip under 5ft7 at the end of the day. Tall friends love having a joke and laugh at my lack of height and my interaction with women in friendly situations is close to non existent. When a women does actually speak to me I get caught off guard and then realise they just want to know about my friend or are asking me the time etc, which brings me crashing back down to earth. I have to face it that being this height or less is that the majority don't respect you and women see you as undesirable, unless you have Zack Efron type looks or an exceptional personality and reputation.

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Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:12 AM
How to get suit jacket sleeves to be the right length?

Is it possible to alter suit jackets so the sleeves end up shorter with buttons in the right place?

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Wed Feb 01, 2017 04:28 PM
IcarusSoar working on another video to expose female hyporcisy

His first video just went viral this week garnering over 1,000,000 views. He says he is now working on a Part II since he has the funding

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Wed Jan 25, 2017 09:54 AM
by myles21
Can we blame educators for perpetuating heightism?

I witnessed something very interesting in the classroom yesterday afternoon. I co-teach with this female educator, let's call her Nancy. During a lesson on the book "To Kill A Mockingbird", we staged a reenactment of one of the scenes from the reading via reinterpretation. We allowed the kids to draf a more "modern" script using more relevant present day scenarios. We allowed the kids to use props, but they were limited to items in the classroom.

Anyway, there were three kids in a group, all Middle School students. Two of the boys in this group were relatively tall for their age (about 5'9), the other 5'2-5'3. All of the kids in the group asked for an item that wasn't in the room, but downstairs in the auditorium. The smallest kid asked to go retrieve it. My co-teacher ignored the shorter student's request and sent both of the taller students to get the item. 

The thing is I knew she did this because she imagined the taller students to be more capable, even though the shorter student articulated clearly from a point of knowledge that he knew what he would have to do. This was confirmed when I confronted her about it.

This has me wondering. Do we reinforce heightism from young age?

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Wed Jan 25, 2017 09:52 AM
1 1/2 inch heel or sole max

If you're going to wear boots to add height, try to go no more than a 1.5 inches. I have a bunch of cowboy boots, chukka boots and shoes with that at max. You can still pull stuff like that off and look stylish. Anything more is ridiculous outside of elevators. 

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Tue Jan 24, 2017 09:52 PM
Stefan Molyneux Gives Advice For Both Tall & Short Men

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Tue Jan 24, 2017 09:51 PM
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Tue Jan 24, 2017 09:47 PM
Do women really face heightism though?....

I've read posts on other forums where women claim to be offended when they are picked up, pat on the head and aren't taken seriously professionally, but in all my years on this earth, I have NEVER seen a woman picked up without being asked to (at work? from a stranger?) or pat on the head. If anything, men go crazy over short women and I see far more short women in positions of a authority (store manager for example) than I do men who are of a similar stature.

So tell me, where do women have it as bad as short men when it comes to heightism?

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Tue Jan 24, 2017 09:44 PM
Do Men Really Have Privilege? (Video)

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Tue Jan 24, 2017 09:42 PM
What are the chances of short becoming a future fad?

You see this happening? Everyone is getting taller, so being short would be kind of novelty. Everyone has brown hair and a smaller percentage of the population has blue eyes, so everyone goes crazy over blue eyes. With less men "short", do you see any chance of shorter guys being viewed in the same way blue eyes are?... as in a favorable trait?

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Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:06 PM
by d11221
Heightism has to be based in sexism

We assign tall to men, and short/weak to women. Women fight for equality, but still want to stand behind a big tall muscular man to "feel protected". What is the reasoning behind this? How can a woman champion feminist causes but still be anti-short man (professionally, when it comes to giving respect and romantic choices)? Short women are considered "cute, petite and sexy", while tall women are "gorgeous models". 

Both short and tall women are treated with respect and protected socially, while shorter men are seen as a perpetual joke. I'm surprised that you guys don't discuss this idea of "reverse sexism" more. 

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Mon Jan 23, 2017 01:14 PM
Hey everyone, new member here

Just joined today and wanted to say hello.  Never thought about looking for a community of other short people before.  Pretty amazed I never thought about it before considering I've been 5'3 since high school.  Anyways, glad I found this site and Happy New Year everyone.

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Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:25 AM
Does your partner/significant other catch flak for dating you?

I'm just shy of 5'4 and can tell you that whenever my girlfriend's tells me often that when she discloses my height (usually when somebody asks), they are met with disbelief and then questioning ensues. My girlfriend is the same height as me. 

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Tue Jan 17, 2017 08:57 AM
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