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[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's kind of true, the world is now pretty grim for short straight guys. I've read a couple of articles that describe statistical analyses of height, income, and attractiveness, based on dating-site matches. Basically, if you are a man, for every inch shorter you are you have to make something like $30K to $50K annually to make up for it (i.e. be considered equivalently attractive). I think about my next-door neighbor who is about 5'6" or 5'7": attractive wife, two kids ... and a huge house, 5 acre lot, multiple vehicles and lots of toys. I'm also on the shorter side, but as a gay man it's much less of a problem (one of us has to be short, no?)

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    [–]YoutiaoLover 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Short men can be cute and it can be a positive IMO, but I don’t think many straight women feel that way about short men.

    I dated a shorter guy once. I didn't mind his height, instead he was the one who felt bothered and emasculated by my height lol. My straight male friends won't consider dating taller women, even the ones they find attractive.

    While there are women who won't date shorter men, the opposite can also be true: straight men don't usually want to date taller women.