Men, do you prefer certain heights in women?

[Anonymous]

I prefer short women. Tall women can look hot on tv and in magazines etc. but petite women are much hotter in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m attracted to women of all heights but I married a nice tall thin breeder

Yikes. What a lucky lady…

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5'11" tall woman here. My DH is 5 '8". He loves my height and I love his confidence.

Guys without confidence or with fragile masculinity usually prefer short women

Haters gonna hate, men love smaller women. Biology baby!

It’s not biology, it’s our societal beauty ideals. Part of that ideal involves, sorry to say it, a desire for women to be easier to control.

(But it is nice to never hear that I’m too tall for somebody)

Bitter woman alert! In modern western societies, studies have found that women who are on the short side tend to have more children. Nothing to do with control, Karen!

Not bitter, just educated. I’m 5’2 and I like being short.

[Anonymous]

Tight little body on a small frame.

[Anonymous]

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.

+1 5’10” and 130 lbs. in my mid-40s, still eating ice cream every day. A lot of short women who we’re probably cute in their 20s starting to look like little apples with legs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Ok lady, this thread isn’t about “you,” we don’t need a detailed description of your body. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

I think this is the Dad who is concerned about his DD’s height who posted recently in the teen section. I take back my encouraging words to you, Dad, and now believe you are way too invested in your daughter’s possible future dating life. Creepy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that if we look at averages, men prefer women who are shorter than they are. Height is often coupled with a perception of strength and masculinity, and some men feel uncomfortable with the idea of women being stronger or taller than they are.

That said, there are always people who prefer one extreme or the other. My husband has unequivocally stated that my height was a definite plus for me in his books. He prefers short women, and he has claimed that while he knows we’re both going to change as we age, get fatter or thinner, get grey hair and wrinkles, etc., he’s really glad that I won’t get taller because that’s one of the things he really likes about a woman’s appearance: petite stature.

That's very true. Men prefer women shorter than they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious for the tall guys who prefer tall women because they want tall sons- of course it's great if you only have boys but do you ever think about the possibility of having only daughters, who turn out to be 6'2 and not exactly with the skinny model frame (ie hard in the dating market)?

This is the OP I am betting, and it’s the same creepy dad who wanted to “broach” the hard topic of dating with his too tall DD. Yuck!

[Anonymous]

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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.

Ok lady, this thread isn’t about “you,” we don’t need a detailed description of your body. Sheesh.

Haha, she went full essay on us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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".