When did women start only wanting >6' tall guys?
And is it just because of social media or what?
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Heightened appearance standards for both men and women correlate to the eminence of social media - men have to be muscular, handsome, tan and tall, and women have to be petite / athletic (but NEVER muscular), always having on good make up but not too much, and with large breasts and a flat stomach.
Both male and female celebrities promote an image that few men and women can acquire, and to people who cannot acquire such but try to anyway, it can result in depression and resentment.
I've suspected these incels have had something to do with this. They are exposed to a false version of reality in either the small screen or the big screen, and as a result their perception itself becomes distorted. Because they think everyone else is exactly like the people in the screens, they isolate themselves to places like r/incels, and as a result nothing challenges their perception and it becomes even more warped over time.
They are a symptom of a greater issue. They are not things, and to refer to them as such is to fall into the same cognitive trap that the worst of them fall into.
At 5'10", there are very very few people I could've dated who are taller than me. A few of my much shorter female friends, straight, say they will only date tall men but most men tower over them anyway. However, short men seem to flock to me and I'm fine with that. I've had short partners in the past because we're all equal when horizontal.
I think I know what this is about. The average height has slowly increased over the years. Thus an absolutely average man getting into a relationship will probably be around 6 feet in height where a couple of decades ago that would be exceptional. These idiots look on in envy and construct horrific fantasies about these interactions. Rather than realizing how completely average such men are they can only see things they don't have and convince themselves that's why they were told to piss off and not their own obvious demanding, thin-skinned, petty natures. There's a good possibility their own inferiority complexes make themselves feel physically smaller than anyone they look at and a height difference could even be totally imagined on top of being completely irrelevant.
@ #2056297: It's probably more that you'll see the occasional W4M ad on Craigslist or similar sites which demands that any man interested in dating her be at least 6', own at least one car and a house, have a high-paying job, etc. Most of the time, they barely describe themselves at all, just have a laundry list of exceptional demands. That's not common though.
Addressing the OP: While there is a mild bias against men who are significantly shorter than average (and women who are significantly taller than average), short men (and tall women) do just fine for the most part. It's not a major disadvantage when it comes to dating.
@Zinnia
@ #2056297: It's probably more that you'll see the occasional W4M ad on Craigslist or similar sites which demands that any man interested in dating her be at least 6', own at least one car and a house, have a high-paying job, etc. Most of the time, they barely describe themselves at all, just have a laundry list of exceptional demands. That's not common though. exactly like an incel to me.
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