Why are all of you so cruel to short men?
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You have some serious issues. |
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UMMMM NO! YOU DON'T GET IT! Not accepting people or telling people they "DON'T DESERVE TO BE ACCEPTED" for ANYTHING GENETIC is UNNACETPABLE, BIGOTED and DISGUSITNG! It doesn't matter whether it is RACE or HEIGHT, BOTH ARE GENETIC. Short men do not "Ask" to be short from when they are young as much as no one asks to be "Black" or "Gay" or anything else! Dr. Martin Luther King was short, he was 5'6 (that was short in the 60s as it is now). Would you have aborted him? Would you have denied him a job? Winston Churchill was short (5'5), Spike Lee is short (5'5), Manny Pacquio is short (5'6), Dustin Hoffman is short (5'5), Michel J Fox is short (5'4), Prince is short (5'2), the guy from AC/DC is short (5'2), Vladimir Putin is short (5'4)... You're telling me it is OKAY to DISCRIMINATE against something GENETIC, and treat them as less human? You're beyond sick! When the men run around saying they "only date white women" because they don't want any more "dark kids" running around... make sure you take it as the same........................... |
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My husband is 5'6" (I'm the same). He's successful, well-respected by his peers, and a great husband and father. He's just a likable, confident person, and it never occurred to me not to go out with him because of his height. To those of you who won't date short men, the only think I can think to say is...thank you??
(PS: I don't think the lady who doesn't want a shortie kid is for real.) |
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| Agree psycho-mom-to-be has got to be trolling for reactions. |
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I think its obvious to all but a few that there's a troll.
Anyway, I'm just getting back from a wedding of a short man. All of his friends are marrieds and most are short with attractive wives. Short men might not get as much as much play as tall guys, but they can certainly hold their own. In fact, out of my friends, 1/3 prefer short to medium height and find tall men overrated. |
Anonymous
You should read the book "He's Just Not That Into You" before you end up with a shitload of cats. |
Anonymous
As shot guy (5'4), it's not easy to pick the low hanging fruit, but at least I can spot a b*tch from a mile away. |
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I know PP meant it as a brag to be able to spot and pick low hanging fruit but it really says a lot about you. You are definitely lower than the lowest hanging fruit. Saying and even thinking it makes you a huge loser. |
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Because you are obviously a winner. 
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| Heightism is a bizarre phenomenon. Height is a neutral physical trait that has no bearing on an individual's health, ability, or potential. Whoever confers social status to somebody else or themselves based on height likely is trying to cover up for their own insecurities. Very sad. |
Anonymous
Whoever wrote the quote above should read the following link to educate themselves: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6501633.stm |
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In your opinion, not based on facts. Standing tall pays off, study finds July 2004, Vol 35, No. 7 Print version: page 14 When it comes to height, every inch counts--in fact, in the workplace, each inch above average may be worth $789 more per year, according to a study in the Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 89, No. 3). The findings suggest that someone who is 6 feet tall earns, on average, nearly $166,000 more during a 30-year career than someone who is 5 feet 5 inches--even when controlling for gender, age and weight. The height-salary link was found by psychologist Timothy A. Judge, PhD, of the University of Florida, and researcher Daniel M. Cable, PhD, of the University of North Carolina. They analyzed data from four American and British longitudinal studies that followed about 8,500 participants from adolescence to adulthood and recorded personal characteristics, salaries and occupations. Judge and Cable also performed a meta-analysis of 45 previous studies on the relationship between height and workplace success. Judge offers a possible explanation for the height bias: Tall people may have greater self-esteem and social confidence than shorter people. In turn, others may view tall people as more leader-like and authoritative. "The process of literally 'looking down on others' may cause one to be more confident," Judge says. "Similarly, having others 'looking up to us' may instill in tall people more self-confidence." As such, the biggest correlation between height and salary appeared in sales and management positions--careers in which customer perception has a major impact on success. If customers believe a tall salesperson is more commanding, for example, they may be more likely to follow the salesperson's wishes, Judge says. Accordingly, height was most predictive of earnings in jobs that require social interaction, which include sales, management, service and technical careers. The height effect also mattered--though to a lesser degree--in other jobs such as crafts and blue-collar and clerical positions, researchers found. The study also found that shorter men are slightly more likely to encounter height bias in the workplace than are shorter women. This phenomenon might have evolutionary origins, Judge posits. "Perhaps when humans were in the early stages of organization, they used height as an index for power in making 'fight or flight' decisions," he says. "Of course, physical stature and prowess may be less important today, but those evolutionary appraisals may still be with us." And people may be more likely to apply those fight or flight subconscious appraisals to men than women, he adds. Regardless, the study provides evidence that a height bias in the workplace may influence interactions and salaries just as previous research indicates attractiveness, weight and body image do. Since men and women tend to differ in height, researchers controlled for gender by using the average height of 5 feet 9 inches for an American man and 5 feet 3 inches for a woman. They also controlled for age because people tend to lose 1 to 3 inches of their height during a lifetime. The four longitudinal studies Judge and Cable used in their analysis were: the Quality of Employment survey from the U.S. Department of Labor, National Longitudinal Surveys by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Intergenerational Studies by the Institute of Human Development at the University of California Berkeley, and Great Britain's National Child Development Study. |
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| OP, he can still live a good life...just don't let him expect to share it with a good woman! HAH! Honestly, short guys don't even get a notice in my book. |