Men, do you prefer certain heights in women?

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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!

The idea that tall women putting on weight makes them look masculine is just bizzare. Have you ever seen any Western Art for the past 3000 years or so?? The feminine ideal was NOT lean or slim. Basically any painting or sculpture of Venus/Aphrodite is a woman who is about 5''6 and wears a size 12

[Anonymous]

Short is usually hotter but women of all heights can be attractive.

[Anonymous]

Look at Christy Turlington, older, tall at 5'10", thin at 123 lbs., and yet neither bony nor masculine. I have no idea what previous poster us talking about because a thin and fit taller woman is the sexy VS lingerie or SI swimsuit model ideal of feminine and 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!

The idea that tall women putting on weight makes them look masculine is just bizzare. Have you ever seen any Western Art for the past 3000 years or so?? The feminine ideal was NOT lean or slim. Basically any painting or sculpture of Venus/Aphrodite is a woman who is about 5''6 and wears a size 12

Yeah but they didn't have gluten free, vegan or paleo in ancient Rome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at Christy Turlington, older, tall at 5'10", thin at 123 lbs., and yet neither bony nor masculine. I have no idea what previous poster us talking about because a thin and fit taller woman is the sexy VS lingerie or SI swimsuit model ideal of feminine and sexy.

Most tall women aren’t models and don’t look like models. In person, I think shorter women are more attractive andfeminine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at Christy Turlington, older, tall at 5'10", thin at 123 lbs., and yet neither bony nor masculine. I have no idea what previous poster us talking about because a thin and fit taller woman is the sexy VS lingerie or SI swimsuit model ideal of feminine and sexy.

Most tall women aren’t models and don’t look like models. In person, I think shorter women are more attractive andfeminine.

+1 Without Christy Turlington’s face an average woman pushing 50 with that height no matter their frame is anything but feminine. (Notice I didn’t say not attractive or not sexy, just not feminine)

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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!

The idea that tall women putting on weight makes them look masculine is just bizzare. Have you ever seen any Western Art for the past 3000 years or so?? The feminine ideal was NOT lean or slim. Basically any painting or sculpture of Venus/Aphrodite is a woman who is about 5''6 and wears a size 12

Yeah but they didn't have gluten free, vegan or paleo in ancient Rome.

No, genius, food was more scarce so only rich people could be chonky. So it was considered beautiful .Now we have processed food that is more fattening but extremely cheap so poor people are overweight and rich people who can afford fresh food are thin.

Also the ancients didn't worship youth like we do: the women in the paintings have the tummies of women who have had children.

[Anonymous]

Lady Gaga, Kourtney Kardashian and Reese Witherspoon are all a short 5'1".

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Anonymous wrote:Lady Gaga, Kourtney Kardashian and Reese Witherspoon are all a short 5'1".

Someone like Paulina Porizkova is a big, old and un-feminine giant compared to those women.

[Anonymous]

Cameron Diaz is one example of an aging 5'9". I leave it to posters to decide feminine or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'11" tall woman here. My DH is 5 '8". He loves my height and I love his confidence.

PP with confident husband. You have all made me realize how wonderful he is. We've been married for 40 years and I hope he loves a long time since it seems he's a rare find and the dating world appears to be very cruel. Good luck to my fellow tall women, you men who dismiss us don't know what you're missing

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Lives

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Anonymous wrote:5'11" tall woman here. My DH is 5 '8". He loves my height and I love his confidence.

PP with confident husband. You have all made me realize how wonderful he is. We've been married for 40 years and I hope he loves a long time since it seems he's a rare find and the dating world appears to be very cruel. Good luck to my fellow tall women, you men who dismiss us don't know what you're missing

+1- 5’11” woman here so grateful for my husband!

[Anonymous]

I had a friend during law school who at 6' married a wonderful man, now the corporate General Counsel for a large company, who was all of 5'7". Both of them were incredibly confident people and they are still happily married 27 years later.

[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!

The idea that tall women putting on weight makes them look masculine is just bizzare. Have you ever seen any Western Art for the past 3000 years or so?? The feminine ideal was NOT lean or slim. Basically any painting or sculpture of Venus/Aphrodite is a woman who is about 5''6 and wears a size 12

The average height of women back when those paintings were done was like 5'2". So, those women in the paintings were short and fleshy. People were a lot shorter back then.

-signed a short and now a bit fleshy woman