Is it more attractive to be a short woman?

[Anonymous]

People's faces/heads lengthen along with their bodies. Tall people, male and female, tend to have "longer" faces/heads (this is fact) just like they have longer limbs. Short people have correspondingly shorter, rounder faces, which gives a neotenous (youthful) vibe. Neoteny is considered sexually attractive in women, but not so attractive in men. This is probably one of the major reasons (along with sexual dimorphism) why so many men seem to go for short women

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’1. I’m attractive and popular, but I’ll never have the elegance of a 5’8 woman. “Cute” is more common. Similar to Kristin Chenoweth. It used to intimidate me when I’m at work and most men are a full foot taller, but I’m used to it now. I absolutely love being short.

I will say that it’s hard to be thin, but even harder to be a thin petite woman. I have to be at a much lower weight to be thin, but I’d really like to eat as much as everyone else.

You can be perfectly elegant as a short woman. It’s just a bit harder because elegance is typically associated with being slim and the shorter you are the more difficult that can be. But it’s totally possible depending on your style.

Elegance is nearly exclusive for the tall, as is regal. I've never seen a short regal man or woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People's faces/heads lengthen along with their bodies. Tall people, male and female, tend to have "longer" faces/heads (this is fact) just like they have longer limbs. Short people have correspondingly shorter, rounder faces, which gives a neotenous (youthful) vibe. Neoteny is considered sexually attractive in women, but not so attractive in men. This is probably one of the major reasons (along with sexual dimorphism) why so many men seem to go for short women

People associate size with status/power.

So people will subconscious expect the taller person in any relationship to be more assertive / leader / dominant.

So a taller person might need to be more assertive to overcome the other person's increased inhibitions against acting toward you.

[Anonymous]

I don't think men are attracted to short women because they're short, but because it's easier to look youthful and stereotypically feminine when you're short. A shorter torso creates the illusion of more dramatic curves. Smaller women retain their "cuteness" longer than taller women do. If you can manage to stay thin, short ages very well.

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Anonymous wrote:My tall brothers and uncles wanted to marry tall women do that their sons would be tall.

Exactly. I think this is more common OP.

Tall men don’t want to take the chance that they’ll end up with a short son.

As a tall woman, I’ve had strangers (usually at bars and slightly intoxicated) and men I’ve been on dates with make inappropriate comments about wanting to breed with me. It’s pretty gross, they want you to give them children that will be athletic and tall.

I have had several male friends confide to me that they are looking for tall wives in order to have tall children. At the time, I found it surprising but now understand that height is very important for men.

My 6'3 tall male friend only dates women 5'9 and above. He is obsessed with having tall children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People's faces/heads lengthen along with their bodies. Tall people, male and female, tend to have "longer" faces/heads (this is fact) just like they have longer limbs. Short people have correspondingly shorter, rounder faces, which gives a neotenous (youthful) vibe. Neoteny is considered sexually attractive in women, but not so attractive in men. This is probably one of the major reasons (along with sexual dimorphism) why so many men seem to go for short women

People associate size with status/power.

So people will subconscious expect the taller person in any relationship to be more assertive / leader / dominant.

So a taller person might need to be more assertive to overcome the other person's increased inhibitions against acting toward you.

I dont know... I feel like men LOVE sassy short women. So often I'll see a 5'0 woman bossing around some 6'3 man. They seem a lot feistier and more aggressive and assertive than tall women. (Which is maybe part of the appeal?)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’1. I’m attractive and popular, but I’ll never have the elegance of a 5’8 woman. “Cute” is more common. Similar to Kristin Chenoweth. It used to intimidate me when I’m at work and most men are a full foot taller, but I’m used to it now. I absolutely love being short.

I will say that it’s hard to be thin, but even harder to be a thin petite woman. I have to be at a much lower weight to be thin, but I’d really like to eat as much as everyone else.

You can be perfectly elegant as a short woman. It’s just a bit harder because elegance is typically associated with being slim and the shorter you are the more difficult that can be. But it’s totally possible depending on your style.

Elegance is nearly exclusive for the tall, as is regal. I've never seen a short regal man or woman.

I mean, there's so many... Elizabeth Taylor, Calista Flockhart, Joan Collins, the list goes on and on.

Though I dont know how many men truly care about "elegant", tbh. I think that's more of a thing women and gay men look to.

[Anonymous]

Of course petite women can be graceful - ever see a ballerina?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, that's why all the models are short... oh wait.

I came here to post the same thing. Clothes look better on tall frames. I'm 5'6 and have never wanted to be shorter. If anything, I would like to be 2-3 inches taller.

I'm 5'6" and I agree that I've never, ever wanted to be shorter, and when in heels I feel perfect (though I do end up chatting more with men than women at heeled events, maybe related to height.) I do think my friends are are extremely tall (5'10" and taller) had a harder time finding mates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, that's why all the models are short... oh wait.

I came here to post the same thing. Clothes look better on tall frames. I'm 5'6 and have never wanted to be shorter. If anything, I would like to be 2-3 inches taller.

I'm 5'6" and I agree that I've never, ever wanted to be shorter, and when in heels I feel perfect (though I do end up chatting more with men than women at heeled events, maybe related to height.) I do think my friends are are extremely tall (5'10" and taller) had a harder time finding mates.

Completely opposite - I'm 5'1" and never felt an ounce of envy for taller women even though I'm apparently squatty, inelegant, and look bad in clothes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, that's why all the models are short... oh wait.

I came here to post the same thing. Clothes look better on tall frames. I'm 5'6 and have never wanted to be shorter. If anything, I would like to be 2-3 inches taller.

I'm 5'6" and I agree that I've never, ever wanted to be shorter, and when in heels I feel perfect (though I do end up chatting more with men than women at heeled events, maybe related to height.) I do think my friends are are extremely tall (5'10" and taller) had a harder time finding mates.

Completely opposite - I'm 5'1" and never felt an ounce of envy for taller women even though I'm apparently squatty, inelegant, and look bad in clothes

I'm 5'5 so truly feel I can give an unbiased assessment. Between the two I would 100% prefer to be shorter if given the option, because I too notice the increased attention short women get from men. I feel like I'm right in the middle and frankly I think it's a sweet spot but if I was forced to gain/lose inches I'd lose em no contest... easy choice. Men go crazy over a 5'2 woman.

[Anonymous]

I feel like men LOVE sassy short women.

No, men tolerate a pain in the ass if she is in the right place on the hot vs. crazy graph.

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I feel like men LOVE sassy short women.

No, men tolerate a pain in the ass if she is in the right place on the hot vs. crazy graph.

Right. So evidently they must find short women a lot hotter since I see them acting a lot "crazier"

[Anonymous]

Can’t find the post now, but someone posted above how hard it is to be short and not thin. Because proportionally it just looks more off. I have had to adjust my eating quantities soooo much being 5’0”.

1. Overweight and losing weight
2. Realize I need to eat less than other people. Took me 30+ years to realize (though I wasn’t overweight until age 32, so I guess I did fine eating bigger portions until then)
3. Restaurant portions, or even backyard bbq portions, can be insane

So three reasons to eat less. Because I don’t need to eat as much for my size.
I’m losing weight.
And the portions are too large for average sized people.

If you see me “eating like a bird” (lunch is yogurt, fruit. And pretzels with hummus), this is why. I do not need a huge portion size of pasta with a salad with a roll with a drink and a dessert.

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Anonymous wrote:

I feel like men LOVE sassy short women.

No, men tolerate a pain in the ass if she is in the right place on the hot vs. crazy graph.

Right. So evidently they must find short women a lot hotter since I see them acting a lot "crazier"

Spinners are fun, but crazy is never worth it for long term