Men, do you prefer certain heights in women?

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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”.

It varies by race, so averages aren't the best representation, especially in the US where we're more racially heterogeneous than other countries. White males in the US average 5'10.5, according to the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_252.pdf

[Anonymous]

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

Not without the softness of youth, no.

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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”.

It varies by race, so averages aren't the best representation, especially in the US where we're more racially heterogeneous than other countries. White males in the US average 5'10.5, according to the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_252.pdf

I am a woman but I would consider 6’ tall. Not average, definitely not short, not very tall. When walking around in the US, this person would appear taller than most. In pps case his preference was women under 5’5”. The other pp was speculating that this was his preference because he is not tall. I would argue that, yes, he is tall compared to the people around him assuming he lives in the US.

[Anonymous]

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

The latter two are not looking quite as feminine without the softness of youth, no.

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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”.

It varies by race, so averages aren't the best representation, especially in the US where we're more racially heterogeneous than other countries. White males in the US average 5'10.5, according to the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_252.pdf

so 6' for a man, irrespective of race, in the US is still considered "tall", which is what was stated up thread.

I'm a bit surprised by how many men on here say they like short women, under 5'3. I didn't think that was the case.

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

The latter two are not looking quite as feminine without the softness of youth, no.

most women start to look not as feminine as they age, irrespective of height.

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

The latter two are not looking quite as feminine without the softness of youth, no.

most women start to look not as feminine as they age, irrespective of height.

True. irrespective of height or weight.

[Anonymous]

I don't particularly care about the height directly. But I do like curves. And it seems like taller women have more margin for error when it comes to putting on weight that gives them curves without it just making them look round.

That said, at the end of the day every body type has its fans. And, while appearance is good for initial attraction, ultimately enthusiasm, attitude, and confidence are more important to long term sex appeal than appearance, imho.

I'm a 50 year old man, fwiw.

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

The latter two are not looking quite as feminine without the softness of youth, no.

most women start to look not as feminine as they age, irrespective of height.

True. irrespective of height or weight.

Weight helps keep the softness for awhile longer though.

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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

People were shorter but if you look at the proportions of the women they are taller than 5'2". The Venus de Milo is projected to be 5'4"

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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.

LMAO

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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.

You do know that constantly returning to this thread to brag about your physique, your flexibility, and your fecundity reeks of insecurity, right? Just calm down. Men can like short women and that doesn’t detract from your desirability.

[Anonymous]

Men 6 foot 1 and above start to stand out as tall because they are taller than most men around them. I don't consider men who are less than 6 foot 1 to stand out as being tall because they blend in with other men around them. However I personally find lots of guys at 5'11"-6' to be really handsome. For me it is about the face, eyes, hair and body of a man, and not their height.

[Anonymous]

It has less to do with a woman’s height and and more to do with her overall “size.” I do find women with slighter builds more attractive and like when they are smaller than me (seems more feminine). I’m sure there is a biological basis to feeling like you are physically dominant as a male (I don’t mean that in a creepy way, just being honest). This doesn’t necessarily mean super short is better though, I find the 5’4-5’7 range with a small/thin build to be the most attractive. Shorter than me and most men, but not overly short ( I don’t like the stumpy legs look).

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I am 6'4" and I am super attracted to short women, like 5' to 5'2". Wife is 5'4" and the downside is our boys are tracking average instead of tall. So prefer the genetics of a taller woman in retrospect but you like what you like. I am sure it's a sexual dominance thing.