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Are there any cultures that prefer shorter men?

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07-13-2024 at 08:14 am

Exactly as my title asks. There are a minority of cultures for example that are matriarchal. India's Khasi tribe, Ghana's Akan and Costa Rica's Bribri people come to mind.

I can't seem to find any societies where shorter men are preferred. Do these exist?

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Re: Are there any cultures that prefer shorter men?

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07-13-2024 at 09:12 am

When you say culture, I'm assuming that you mean with respect to romance.

That I am not sure about, however, I remember reading about businesses to have a preference for shorter workers.

This TAL podcast highlights the experience of Japanese workers at a Toyota Plant in Japan when some Americans came in for training. 

From the transcript:

"The narrator in this Japanese public television program points out that the American worker is nine years older than his Toyota trainer. He also notes for his Japanese viewers that the Americans are so much larger than the Japanese, they waste a second or two more each time they get in and out of the vehicles they're building, which makes them 10% to 15% less productive than their Asian counterparts."

This makes it pretty clear that in this work culture, shorter men would be preferred. I picked up this stat here from Reddit. According to the data, men are more represented in the workforce than women, so it can be inferred again that there is a preference for shorter workers in certain sectors (in this case automotive) in Japan. I've never heard of this preference expressed here in the west. 

 

 

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