Men, do you prefer certain heights in women?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe that we are in PRIDE month, where we are encouraged to be accepting and excited for all sorts of matchups, yet here is post after post calling tall women "unfeminine." Preferences are preferences but pretty unfair to assume that a tall woman is by extension less feminine than her short counterpart, or that shorter men are less masculine. If you have been socialized to believe that it makes you less so, go with it, but don't judge others femininity or masculinity based on something they have literally no control over.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5’0”-5’5” is ideal. I’m 35 and 6’0”. I like a short woman with a little waist and a nice butt. Perfect.

6' is not tall for a man, so it makes perfect sense that you would prefer shorter women.

average height in US for a man is about 5'10, so 6' is "tall".

average height in US for males is 5’ 9.3”.

[Anonymous]

Most men prefer shorter women and most women prefer taller men. Maybe that’s not fair but peoples personal preferences aren’t always fair.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5’0”-5’5” is ideal. I’m 35 and 6’0”. I like a short woman with a little waist and a nice butt. Perfect.

6' is not tall for a man, so it makes perfect sense that you would prefer shorter women.

average height in US for a man is about 5'10, so 6' is "tall".

average height in US for males is 5’ 9.3”.

6’ is objectively tall. In the US I think it’s only like 15% of the population that is 6 feet and over. Strangely, all of my girlfriends and I are married to men over 6 feet even though we range from 5’2”-5’4”ish. Opposites attract!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5’0”-5’5” is ideal. I’m 35 and 6’0”. I like a short woman with a little waist and a nice butt. Perfect.

6' is not tall for a man, so it makes perfect sense that you would prefer shorter women.

average height in US for a man is about 5'10, so 6' is "tall".

average height in US for males is 5’ 9.3”.

6’ is objectively tall. In the US I think it’s only like 15% of the population that is 6 feet and over. Strangely, all of my girlfriends and I are married to men over 6 feet even though we range from 5’2”-5’4”ish. Opposites attract!

That may be the case but since my 6' husband and I (tall) have several sons measuring 6'1.5, 6'2.5" and 6'4.5, only 6' is now below average for the males in our household. Also, men in the U.S. have nothing on the Dutch, German or Belgium men.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Curious for the tall guys who prefer tall women because they want tall sons- of course it's great if you only have boys but do you ever think about the possibility of having only daughters, who turn out to be 6'2 and not exactly with the skinny model frame (ie hard in the dating market)?

This is the OP I am betting, and it’s the same creepy dad who wanted to “broach” the hard topic of dating with his too tall DD. Yuck!

Omg. I avoided that thread and now I wish I had avoided this one too! Especially with some of the more adult topics I brought up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5’0”-5’5” is ideal. I’m 35 and 6’0”. I like a short woman with a little waist and a nice butt. Perfect.

6' is not tall for a man, so it makes perfect sense that you would prefer shorter women.

average height in US for a man is about 5'10, so 6' is "tall".

average height in US for males is 5’ 9.3”.

6’ is objectively tall. In the US I think it’s only like 15% of the population that is 6 feet and over. Strangely, all of my girlfriends and I are married to men over 6 feet even though we range from 5’2”-5’4”ish. Opposites attract!

That may be the case but since my 6' husband and I (tall) have several sons measuring 6'1.5, 6'2.5" and 6'4.5, only 6' is now below average for the males in our household. Also, men in the U.S. have nothing on the Dutch, German or Belgium men.

Your household <> average height of men in the US. Good grief.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5’0”-5’5” is ideal. I’m 35 and 6’0”. I like a short woman with a little waist and a nice butt. Perfect.

6' is not tall for a man, so it makes perfect sense that you would prefer shorter women.

average height in US for a man is about 5'10, so 6' is "tall".

average height in US for males is 5’ 9.3”.

6’ is objectively tall. In the US I think it’s only like 15% of the population that is 6 feet and over. Strangely, all of my girlfriends and I are married to men over 6 feet even though we range from 5’2”-5’4”ish. Opposites attract!

That may be the case but since my 6' husband and I (tall) have several sons measuring 6'1.5, 6'2.5" and 6'4.5, only 6' is now below average for the males in our household. Also, men in the U.S. have nothing on the Dutch, German or Belgium men.

Oh, my bad everyone, I didn’t realize we were using the men in this woman’s house as our reference point for height on dcum.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'7'' and my husband is 5'8''. His serious gf before me was several inches taller than I am. He likes my height, doesn't mind when I wear heels, and is confident and successful. Our son is a young teen but he is tall and in the 80th percentile for height. I just hope he's taller than my DH because I know it's not always easy to be a man who is under 5'10'' or so.

I am not proud to admit it but I have a very low level revulsion to super small women and also to super beefy men. I don't let it interfere with my relationships but I realize it's there. I also kind of judge huge men with teeny tiny women. Again, not a problem and not really logical, but I am just being honest about my unconscious (well, conscious) biases.

[Anonymous]

I’m into petite women. My wife is 5’3” and I’m 6’2”. I wouldn’t completely rule out a taller woman (5’7” tops) but I don’t think that look is as sexy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am the 5' 9.5" woman who still weighs 129 lbs in middle age despite having four children. I have observed that, especially as we age, taller women seem to distribute their weight more favorably. Perhaps it is my slight frame relative to my height, but femininity has never been an issue, men have described me as "sexy" and "hot", and I often get asked if I was as dancer or ballerina in my youth, the epitome of feminine arts.

I’m a dancer, and don’t really see how dance is the epitome of “feminine arts”. I don’t even know what feminine arts are.

It’s an athletic pursuit more difficult than most others. Hours a day of practice, daily exercise, insane amounts of strength and power. Dancers work harder than almost any other profession. And many “masculine” men, including athletes, rappers, and fitness pros, take dance classes to improve their athleticism.

If you ask any female dancer why they dance, none will tell you because if “femininity”. Plus, have you feet our feet? Blistered and bleeding feet are soooo feminine

Let’s get away from this idea that feminine=thin/tall/curvy/whatever the adjective du jour is.

I understand your point. Dancers are athletes. I myself have taken many dance classes throughout my life. But ballerinas in particular tend to have a very willowy body type/frame that most would describe are lean, defined and feminine. That is all that I mean. It is my body type, so though I am tall (over 5'9"), "lean", "willowy", "small", "petite" and "slight" are words that other people have used to describe my figure. My size is in clothes falls between a 4-6, or a small, depending on the item. As I said before, my flexibility and my weight (which fluctuates between 121-129 lbs), makes others assume I dance or practice yoga, questions I am asked with some frequency. The intimate men in my life (including a Marine, a Grenadier Guard, and two college athletes, though my ex-dh is best described as a brainy nerd) have always been able to move me easily and freely during sex to any desired positions. I do not judge other women on the basis of their height and weight because I see the beauty in most of the woman around me -- (though I judge myself quite harshly) -- in different ways, in their confidence, success, ambition, their smiles, laughs, personalities, friendliness and supportiveness among other things. It has nothing to do with a perfect face or figure, though admittedly I am not evaluating women from a sexual perspective as a man would. I assume, and can observe, that many women who are much shorter than I am, particularly in middle age (45+), do appear to weigh more and be more broad of figure. And that is perfectly fine because being a beautiful person and attractive to others is not dependant on one's height, weight and beautiful face, otherwise men would only flock to Instagram models.

Maybe so, but tall women appear more and more masculine past middle age, whether or not they keep their slim figure (looks bonier as fat sags compared to middle aged slim petite women) or they put on weight (looks even more masculine).
I hope you retain your hotness to the intimate men in your life though pp!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the 5' 9.5" woman who still weighs 129 lbs in middle age despite having four children. I have observed that, especially as we age, taller women seem to distribute their weight more favorably. Perhaps it is my slight frame relative to my height, but femininity has never been an issue, men have described me as "sexy" and "hot", and I often get asked if I was as dancer or ballerina in my youth, the epitome of feminine arts.

I’m a dancer, and don’t really see how dance is the epitome of “feminine arts”. I don’t even know what feminine arts are.

It’s an athletic pursuit more difficult than most others. Hours a day of practice, daily exercise, insane amounts of strength and power. Dancers work harder than almost any other profession. And many “masculine” men, including athletes, rappers, and fitness pros, take dance classes to improve their athleticism.

If you ask any female dancer why they dance, none will tell you because if “femininity”. Plus, have you feet our feet? Blistered and bleeding feet are soooo feminine

Let’s get away from this idea that feminine=thin/tall/curvy/whatever the adjective du jour is.

I understand your point. Dancers are athletes. I myself have taken many dance classes throughout my life. But ballerinas in particular tend to have a very willowy body type/frame that most would describe are lean, defined and feminine. That is all that I mean. It is my body type, so though I am tall (over 5'9"), "lean", "willowy", "small", "petite" and "slight" are words that other people have used to describe my figure. My size is in clothes falls between a 4-6, or a small, depending on the item. As I said before, my flexibility and my weight (which fluctuates between 121-129 lbs), makes others assume I dance or practice yoga, questions I am asked with some frequency. The intimate men in my life (including a Marine, a Grenadier Guard, and two college athletes, though my ex-dh is best described as a brainy nerd) have always been able to move me easily and freely during sex to any desired positions. I do not judge other women on the basis of their height and weight because I see the beauty in most of the woman around me -- (though I judge myself quite harshly) -- in different ways, in their confidence, success, ambition, their smiles, laughs, personalities, friendliness and supportiveness among other things. It has nothing to do with a perfect face or figure, though admittedly I am not evaluating women from a sexual perspective as a man would. I assume, and can observe, that many women who are much shorter than I am, particularly in middle age (45+), do appear to weigh more and be more broad of figure. And that is perfectly fine because being a beautiful person and attractive to others is not dependant on one's height, weight and beautiful face, otherwise men would only flock to Instagram models.

Maybe so, but tall women appear more and more masculine past middle age, whether or not they keep their slim figure (looks bonier as fat sags compared to middle aged slim petite women) or they put on weight (looks even more masculine).
I hope you retain your hotness to the intimate men in your life though pp!

I think pp was just being defensive because most men are answering that they like short women. Honestly, it’s not worth stressing over. We will all look old in the end if we are lucky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the 5' 9.5" woman who still weighs 129 lbs in middle age despite having four children. I have observed that, especially as we age, taller women seem to distribute their weight more favorably. Perhaps it is my slight frame relative to my height, but femininity has never been an issue, men have described me as "sexy" and "hot", and I often get asked if I was as dancer or ballerina in my youth, the epitome of feminine arts.

+1 5’10” and 130 lbs. in my mid-40s, still eating ice cream every day. A lot of short women who we’re probably cute in their 20s starting to look like little apples with legs.

Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the 5' 9.5" woman who still weighs 129 lbs in middle age despite having four children. I have observed that, especially as we age, taller women seem to distribute their weight more favorably. Perhaps it is my slight frame relative to my height, but femininity has never been an issue, men have described me as "sexy" and "hot", and I often get asked if I was as dancer or ballerina in my youth, the epitome of feminine arts.

+1 5’10” and 130 lbs. in my mid-40s, still eating ice cream every day. A lot of short women who we’re probably cute in their 20s starting to look like little apples with legs.

Lol

My short wife is very attractive. She is 55 and does not look like an apple.

[Anonymous]

A lot of guys are kind of clueless about height, like weight. I'm 5'5 and men over 6 feet can't be convinced I'm pretty dead average and not "tiny" and "petite." In heels particularly, men under 5'10ish would call me tall and ask my height (5'9?? LOL).