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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, as the mother of a 5'6" 17yo boy, I think girls are really mean about this and way more than boys.

It is verboten for boys to say a thing about a girls weight but social media is full of girls making fun of short guys, demeaning them, and basically being hypocrites.

Moms of girls, teach them better.[/quote]

+1 This has been DD's and DS's experience. The boys tease boys but it's mostly part of the larger context of boy bashing humor, like the way they may make fun of another boy's hair or clothes or athletic ability. The girls comments I've heard are more cruel. Overheard DD's friends talking about a crush one of them had but others put down the boy for being small. WTF right?[/quote]

If you really think boys aren't making comments about girls' body types, you have your head in the sand. I have a DD who is tall and very thin (athlete) and she's had boys make comments about her being too skinny, having no butt, etc. right to her face. And, FWIW, she has a major crush on a boy who is the same height as she is (maybe an inch shorter). So, please stop the generalizations. There are mean girls and mean boys out there.[/quote]

There are entire TikTok and social media trends of girls making fun of and being very mean about short guys. It is the last socially acceptable form of body shaming. That was my point. [/quote]

Please how many jokes and videos are there of men making fun of ugly or fat women. Both sexes do it and claiming girls do it more is false. [/quote]

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