I feel really bad for short men. I'm 5'9 so I'm almost average, but I look at people 5'3-5'6 and just pity them. It seems the shorter you are the harder life gets.
Facts:
- dating being short is universally seen as unattractive for males. People have all sorts of preferences (some guys even prefer "heavier" girls to thin ones), but no woman in the world has a preference for guys below average height, over guys of average or above average height. All my mates under 5'7 have either 1) never had a gf or 2) never had a fit girlfriend. Even the ones who work out regularly.
- height/wage correlation: even with all other variables taken into account (education level, socioeconomic background, IQ etc) height has a significant correlation to wage (for every inch gained, average annual wage increases by £2000). That means. That means if you and your next door neighbour are exactly the same in every other way, but you're 5'6 and he's 6'4, he'll earn 20 grand more than you every year.
- business: 90% of CEOs are above average height. Less than 3% of CEO are below the height of 5'7.
- general negative connotations: Short men are seen as being inexperienced, weak, incapable, unreliable and in some cases even creepy.
(Sources for all stats above:
http://ift.tt/1loZyWh
http://ift.tt/1c9pS5L)
So my question is: why is there such a bias against short men? Men, do you feel your height has helped/hurt you in any way? And women, do you care at all about height?
Put the internet to work for you.
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