being short negative for leadership positions?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted. There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena. But how has it affected you personally in real life? We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height so well accepted across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control. Many studies have shown that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?

I think what has impacted me more than my height is being a woman...followed by being Hispanic.

Shorter women face no where near the same negative effects as shorter men.

And now there is DEI promoting and setting quotas for women, Latina promotion etc. there is no DEI for short men.

This only helps the tall white ones, not the ones that actually "look" Latina. You do realize Hispanic is an ethnicity. It's like setting a quota for the number of Jews like it's a race. Both of these ethnicities can have a very wide range of 'looks'.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted. There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena. But how has it affected you personally in real life? We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height so well accepted across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control. Many studies have shown that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?

I think what has impacted me more than my height is being a woman...followed by being Hispanic.

Shorter women face no where near the same negative effects as shorter men.

There is a difference between in the social sphere and the work sphere, even in the way I'm treated. Socially being short is fine, but at work being tall is an advantage, even for Latinas. The Latinas that rise are taller and whiter than average - think Argentines or Venezuelans of Italian or German descent.

Okay, so you can at least marry a tall white man and get ahead.

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Anonymous wrote:My DH is between 5'6" and 5'7" and he's SES and very well regarded. His lower-than-average height never held him back. But he's well above average in just about every other department: smart, great social skills, funny/charming, attractive, great at his job, athletic, likeable, etc.

Because your personal anecdote negates actual researched studies showing a clear bias exists.

Imagine if all studies cherry picked data points.

NP - I think her point is that [i]in order[/] for her short husband to succeed, he had to be well above average along almost every other axis. This anecdote reinforces the data that shorter men are disadvantaged!

[Anonymous]

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#lifts

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Anonymous wrote:My DH is between 5'6" and 5'7" and he's SES and very well regarded. His lower-than-average height never held him back. But he's well above average in just about every other department: smart, great social skills, funny/charming, attractive, great at his job, athletic, likeable, etc.

Because your personal anecdote negates actual researched studies showing a clear bias exists.

Imagine if all studies cherry picked data points.

What are you on about? No one is denying that a bias exists. The anecdote is simply an example of how all facts and circumstances are relevant when it comes to climbing ladders. No one is picked for leadership positions based on height alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are a highly qualified candidate with good credentials and performance reviews, and you happen to be short in stature, do you feel like it has ever hindered you career progression?

Discrmnination due to height is very prevalent and well accepted. There are very, very few people that are short in stature in front facing leadership positions in the corporate world or in the political arena. But how has it affected you personally in real life? We are all told about having positive body acceptance, so why is discrimination based on height so well accepted across all races? Weight is something people can at least control while height is out of someone's control. Many studies have shown that people psychologically associate height with power, more competence, and leadership abilities even though it is based purely on subconscious perceptions alone.

Are hiring committees even aware of such biases based on physical appearance when evaluating candidates?

I think what has impacted me more than my height is being a woman...followed by being Hispanic.

Shorter women face no where near the same negative effects as shorter men.

And now there is DEI promoting and setting quotas for women, Latina promotion etc. there is no DEI for short men.

Yes, you are uniquely persecuted. Probably the most persecuted human ever. So unfair.

It ain’t your height, bucko.