do women on online dating trend taller...?

[Anonymous]

If I don't screen for height and just browse profiles based on match quality, writing, and headshots...i keep going through truckloads of 5'7"-5'9" if not taller women. Way more than what you would normally see in the street.

I read another forum and guys were saying that online dating sites have a higher percentage of taller women on them.

What's up with that?

[Anonymous]

Maybe they are looking for taller men? I don't encounter many men 6 foot or taller in my daily encounters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they are looking for taller men? I don't encounter many men 6 foot or taller in my daily encounters.

Really? My husband is just under 6 feet (5' 11.5") and he is one of the shorter men I see day to day (neighbors, just random people in stores, etc.)

[Anonymous]

I wonder if men tend to look for shorter women when dating, so that leaves a higher-than-usual percentage of taller women unmarried? DC has a lot of shorter men, so I can see that happening.

And maybe the taller women, for some reason, are more likely to go online to try to find a taller mate, while the shorter women figure they can just meet one of the not-tall men at the bar or at work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they are looking for taller men? I don't encounter many men 6 foot or taller in my daily encounters.

Really? My husband is just under 6 feet (5' 11.5") and he is one of the shorter men I see day to day (neighbors, just random people in stores, etc.)

You must not live in dc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they are looking for taller men? I don't encounter many men 6 foot or taller in my daily encounters.

Really? My husband is just under 6 feet (5' 11.5") and he is one of the shorter men I see day to day (neighbors, just random people in stores, etc.)

You must not live in dc.

That poster must be living in pacific nw, upper midwest, dakotas, mountainwest where everyone is a tree

[Anonymous]

I'm a short woman (5'4") and I'm online dating. There may be something to your analysis, because I have had guys I met online specifically comment on how I was taller than what my profile said when I've worn heels that weren't entirely visible (under pants) to a date. Never thought much about it before, or even checked what a guy's height was on his profile before a date, because virtually all men are taller than I am, but since it has happened a couple of times now, maybe short women are in short supply?