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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a mid 40's guy, new to dating after a LT relationship that ended. I'm of average height (5'9") and notice that most women in dating apps mention to not bother reaching out if you're not 6' or taller. FWIW, I understand that if a woman is 5'10" or taller, that she might like a taller partner. But these women looking for guys who are 6' or taller are all 5'0" to 5'8". I don't have a problem with a woman who is taller than me. But wow...have times changed.[/quote]

Women are attracted to men who have the potential to increase their social value <i>with other women</i>. So it's a self-fulfilling social construct: taller men are attractive because women value taller men, not because they are necessarily objectively more attractive. Women obsess over what other women think of them, and how they will be judged (as they themselves are ruthlessly judging others behind their backs), and so their search for a mate isn't driven by any sense of objective attraction, but the fear of being devalued by their peers (i.e. other women), and the FOMO that results from obsessing over others' mates. Women may very well find a shorter man attractive, but they will hold out for taller man because the shorter man will decrease her social value among her female peers, and subject her to ridicule behind her back.[/quote]

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