Are women 6 feet or taller kinda SOL?

[Els]

Yeah, I really have no stringent height hang up. I love 'em short OR they could be Amazonian.

 

As long as they have great body at ANY height. But sadly, a woman could have a hot bod, killer juggs, etc....but if she's an amazon (which accounts for everything ELSE that's big about her), some men will dismiss her.

 

Just don't understand that.

 

I know dudes that won't touch hot red heads with a 10 foot pole. To some men, red heads are a dealbreaker. I have a friend that's intimidated by them.

 

People like what they like. Just as some women prefer tall guys, some guys prefer shorter women. What's new?

[insertnamehere]

I have a hard time being attracted to taller women unless they are very lithe. The further a woman is over 5'7" or so, the harder it is for me to feel like she's feminine.

 

I come from a family with many short women. The tallest woman in my family is my one aunt, who was 5'10" before she got old and started shrinking. All the other women are somewhere between 4'10" and 5'4".

 

Oddly, the shortest man in my family is my brother, at 5'11".

 

So, for me, growing up there was always a very perceptible height difference between men and women. Men are tall. Women are short. Just how it works. So, it's hard to overcome that idea.

[irc333]

People like what they like. Just as some women prefer tall guys, some guys prefer shorter women. What's new?

 

I don't mean preferring, I mean requiring. For a red head to be a deal breaker, just shows how superficial society has become.

 

Oh wait, that's right, this is "nothing new" of course, 99% of the things posted on this site is nothing new. LOL

[RedRobin]

Yeah, I really have no stringent height hang up. I love 'em short OR they could be Amazonian.

 

As long as they have great body at ANY height. But sadly, a woman could have a hot bod, killer juggs, etc....but if she's an amazon (which accounts for everything ELSE that's big about her), some men will dismiss her.

 

Just don't understand that.

 

I know dudes that won't touch hot red heads with a 10 foot pole. To some men, red heads are a dealbreaker. I have a friend that's intimidated by them.

 

Glad to hear you aren't ruling them out. Tall women need love too Or average height women who like wearing some big hoochie-mama shoes every once in awhile.

 

I think I was just commenting on the things that some people spin as preferences in others really are just preferences they hold themselves. Maybe alot of women DO have height preferences. I dunno. Since it is kind of a foreign concept to me, I'll have to plead ignorance.

 

One thing I have heard of though... some people have height preferences as a way of um, selecting penis/vagina dimensions... They use it as an indirect method to go for sexual compatibility. I'm sure there must be a study somewhere to see if there is any correlation. There must be some general trends that way. Only makes physical sense.

[Radu]

 

One thing I have heard of though... some people have height preferences as a way of um, selecting penis/vagina dimensions... They use it as an indirect method to go for sexual compatibility. I'm sure there must be a study somewhere to see if there is any correlation. There must be some general trends that way. Only makes physical sense.

 

I think some guys are afraid of that, but there is no relation between the two.

It's kinda like guys and penises, just because you see a guy being over 6 feet and built like a brick wall with size 48 feet, doesn't mean he will be huge.

[Els]

I don't mean preferring, I mean requiring. For a red head to be a deal breaker, just shows how superficial society has become.

 

Oh wait, that's right, this is "nothing new" of course, 99% of the things posted on this site is nothing new. LOL

 

Eh, idunno, I don't see some physical attributes as 'worse deal breakers than others'. Ergo I wouldn't see 'I wouldn't date a redhead' as anything worse or better than 'I wouldn't date someone shorter than 5'10"/heavier than me" or anything of the sort. And people have been going on about that for a while.

[LittleTiger]

I don't mean preferring, I mean requiring. For a red head to be a deal breaker, just shows how superficial society has become.

 

Oh wait, that's right, this is "nothing new" of course, 99% of the things posted on this site is nothing new. LOL

 

Society hasn't 'become' anything - human beings have always been superficial to a large degree - at least when it comes to sexual pairing.

 

It all goes back to biology - if someone doesn't turn you on (for whatever reason, height, weight or hair colour etc) then they don't turn you on - c'est la vie!

 

Fortunately, when it comes to long term partners, most people want something more than physical attraction - but even then, if there is no physical attraction the union will not be a happy one and the relationship won't last.

[irc333]

Okay, now whey are there certain people, like me....who don't care AS much about look as others.

 

I mean, I am guessing there are certain levels of superficialness out there.

 

Like I guess if you have a ratings chart:

 

1. Little to not superficial

2. Somewhat superficial

3. Highly Superficial

 

I'd probably be a 1.

 

You'd be surprised I'd be standing in a room full of people, and I'd have a male friend whisper to me, "Man, look at all the fat chicks here tonight", and I'm like "What fat chicks?" Most women were average to even thin at best....but in HIS eyes, he thought they were fat.

 

I guess I'm one of those rare exceptions. I guess "fat" to him was any woman over 130 lbs at 5'6" for instance.

 

I'm thinking men have a certain threshold. Like some women here mentioning really tall women who have dated short guys, the height thing doesn't phase them a bit, while some have a serious problem with it.

 

Society hasn't 'become' anything - human beings have always been superficial to a large degree - at least when it comes to sexual pairing.

 

It all goes back to biology - if someone doesn't turn you on (for whatever reason, height, weight or hair colour etc) then they don't turn you on - c'est la vie!

 

Fortunately, when it comes to long term partners, most people want something more than physical attraction - but even then, if there is no physical attraction the union will not be a happy one and the relationship won't last.

[irc333]

Glad to hear you aren't ruling them out. Tall women need love too Or average height women who like wearing some big hoochie-mama shoes every once in awhile.

 

True, yeah I had a female friend that said she had 2 single female friends, and I hinted around at introducing me to them. And she said, "Oh no, one's 5'8" and the other is 5'9" and they only date guys at least 6 feet tall."

 

And I'm like, "So, what's stopping you from introducing me anyway?" lol I guess she thought her friends were so height obsessed, she knew I didn't have shot.

 

I hear some women, as they approach the 6 feet mark, start to loose their feminine characteristics, namely their curves...and start to take on more masculine characteristics or start to become disproportionate. They have more of a straight up and down body type. Just a theory, just some tall women I've seen that weren't entirely proportionate due to height, (usually a genetic thing) while some tall women maintained their curves at 6 feet tall.

 

So being very honest, from what I observed, my friend 99% of the time WAS pretty much out of luck when it came to finding a man tall enough that she was interested in getting to know.

 

So there ya have it, and when I mean SOL this is a good example. You go into a nightclub or bar with men in it, chances are you'll not witness THAT many men at or taller than 6 feet. Probably on average the very most 5'10".

Edited May 13, 2012 by irc333

[Eternal Sunshine]

Not really. My best friend is 6'2" - she is quite attractive.

 

She only dates guys taller than her. She always has boyfriends, for as long as I have known her. Not only are they always taller, but they usually have 6-pacs too

[irc333]

Not really. My best friend is 6'2" - she is quite attractive.

 

She only dates guys taller than her. She always has boyfriends, for as long as I have known her. Not only are they always taller, but they usually have 6-pacs too

 

So she's never nor would EVER date a man who is 6 feet tall?

[Eternal Sunshine]

So she's never nor would EVER date a man who is 6 feet tall?

 

 

No. She is very strict about that. She has body of a model though and she has tons of options - she doesn't need to.

[Radu]

Well, from my perspective, I had a good friend that had a very attractive face, but she was 6 feet tall. She had huge feet (size 11 or 12 I think) and even though she wasn't overweight, she certainly wasn't rail thin, either.

 

Whenever we'd go anywhere, we looked comical, I think. She always had to wear flats and I'm a little over 5' tall, so even with my 4" heels, I'm pretty petite (weighing in a 106 pounds). The contrast between the two of us was pretty striking.

 

Men were always approaching me but they never approached my girlfriend. Sometimes, they'd come in pairs and the 'wingman' would spend time talking to my girlfriend but they NEVER asked for her number at the end of the night so it was kind of obvious what they'd been doing. We would constantly hear jokes about how she must play for the women's basketball team and stuff like that - for her, it got real old real quick.

 

She didn't want to date anyone shorter than herself and being the pygmy that I am, I asked her, "but aren't most men 6 feet tall?" because everyone seems tall to ME - and she told me they aren't. And she was right - I actually started looking around for someone as tall (or taller) than my girlfriend, and there was only ONE guy in probably the 50+ men in that place that evening that was at least as tall as she. I seek out men anywhere from 5'7" to 5'10" and had never noticed that most men aren't 6' tall.

 

So being very honest, from what I observed, my friend 99% of the time WAS pretty much out of luck when it came to finding a man tall enough that she was interested in getting to know.

 

What they were doing was pretty bad, pretty insensitive.

 

As for her being **** out of luck, she allowed herself to be **** out of luck by being interested only in guys taller than her.

It doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl, if you close yourself this much from the opposite gender, you don't get the right to complain about being '**** out of luck'.

[melodymatters]

This thread makes me recall the time I tried OLD. I was communicating with a guy who couldn't stop gushing about how hot I was. Then after a few weeks, he " noticed" my height " ( I'm 5 ft, but say 5'2 because I don't come off as one of those tiny bird girls that break if you touch them, and I don't own a pair of shoes with less that a 2'inch heel)

 

He was 6 ft, and wrote me that he just realized I was as petite as I was/am, and he could "only see himself with someone between 5'7-5'10"

 

I laughed my butt off and wished him luck with his ridiculous standards !

 

I think people need to throw out their "laundry list" of dating prerequisites, and look for kindness and character. I'm guessing if this 6 ft woman is warm and funny and friendly ( and willing to date people at least a bit shorter) she would have no problems with guys.

 

The BF before the height Nazi was 6'2 and current hubby is 6'6 and a lot younger and maybe we do look silly together, but who cares: we have SO MUCH FUN and truly love and appreciate each other every day !

 

Note: I believe we all have physical deal breakers, for me it is a man being overweight.

[Pierre]

Height is associated with greater beauty in women. All models are quite tall.

 

I am 6' 3" and a 6' foot woman is fine by me.

 

Check her out---close to 6' feet. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f0bzkVJYEo0/TnADZhPTrFI/AAAAAAAAAM4/J-4yaotmrKg/s1600/Gaius+Baltar+cylon+farfarawaysite.jpg

[irc333]

Height is associated with greater beauty in women. All models are quite tall.

 

I am 6' 3" and a 6' foot woman is fine by me.

 

Check her out---close to 6' feet. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f0bzkVJYEo0/TnADZhPTrFI/AAAAAAAAAM4/J-4yaotmrKg/s1600/Gaius+Baltar+cylon+farfarawaysite.jpg

 

Yeah, the Battle star Galactica chick is hot...forgot her character's name though (it's like a number..7?)

[Feelsgoodman]

This thread makes me recall the time I tried OLD. I was communicating with a guy who couldn't stop gushing about how hot I was. Then after a few weeks, he " noticed" my height " ( I'm 5 ft, but say 5'2 because I don't come off as one of those tiny bird girls that break if you touch them, and I don't own a pair of shoes with less that a 2'inch heel)

 

He was 6 ft, and wrote me that he just realized I was as petite as I was/am, and he could "only see himself with someone between 5'7-5'10"

 

I laughed my butt off and wished him luck with his ridiculous standards !

 

I think people need to throw out their "laundry list" of dating prerequisites, and look for kindness and character. I'm guessing if this 6 ft woman is warm and funny and friendly ( and willing to date people at least a bit shorter) she would have no problems with guys.

 

The BF before the height Nazi was 6'2 and current hubby is 6'6 and a lot younger and maybe we do look silly together, but who cares: we have SO MUCH FUN and truly love and appreciate each other every day !

 

Note: I believe we all have physical deal breakers, for me it is a man being overweight.

I find it interesting that the guys you tend to be attracted to are all enormously taller than you are. This can't be just a coincidence. And I don't think it's "ridiculous" for a 6' tall man to be interested in girls who are in the 5'7-5'10 range. It's certainly no more ridiculous than a 5'0 woman with a 6'6 man.

 

When I was trying the whole online dating thing, I got messaged by a girl who was 5'1. I told her (very politely) that I simply couldn't see myself with someone that short (I'm 6'2). She seemed to be "shocked" by this revelation

[carhill]

Yeah, the Battle star Galactica chick is hot...forgot her character's name though (it's like a number..7?)

That's six and Tricia Helfer, the Canadian who plays the role, is 5'11".

[FrustratedStandards]

Do tall women even have any problems with dating?

 

Big time. Like a poster mentioned, they have trouble finding a taller man, and if that's not the case, they are automatically dismissed by men simply because they are taller than them.

 

It's a lose lose in many cases.

 

Not really. My best friend is 6'2" - she is quite attractive.

 

She only dates guys taller than her. She always has boyfriends, for as long as I have known her. Not only are they always taller, but they usually have 6-pacs too

 

What?! Where does she find them?! I need to go to that place.

[kiss_andmakeup]

Actually, sometimes it seems that tall women care less about height in men than average/short women.

 

I'm 5'9" and have never cared much about height. My last boyfriend was only an inch taller than me, and two guys I dated before him were shorter than me.

 

Current BF is 6'4" and is really the first "tall" guy I've dated long-term. His height is really neither a plus nor a minus to me. We look cute and nicely proportioned in pictures, but that's about it.

Edited May 13, 2012 by kiss_andmakeup

[somedude81]

Big time. Like a poster mentioned, they have trouble finding a taller man,

Sorry, but I'm not going to feel bad for a women who thinks the average 5'10 man isn't good enough for her.

 

and if that's not the case, they are automatically dismissed by men simply because they are taller than them.

That's hardly the case.

 

Tall women receive plenty of interest. If she thinks that none of those guys are good enough for her, then she can stay single.

[FrustratedStandards]

Sorry, but I'm not going to feel bad for a women who thinks the average 5'10 man isn't good enough for her.

 

 

That's hardly the case.

 

Tall women receive plenty of interest. If she thinks that none of those guys are good enough for her, then she can stay single.

 

No one said 5'10 isn't good enough, the point i'm trying to make is the taller the better.

 

Tall women have plenty of interest? Hmm...ok. Maybe they do, but do they get as approached or asked out as often as the shorter ones? Definitely not. There's something about a woman being taller than him that makes the guy think twice.

 

I know a man, he is 50 now, who says he can't date taller women because he no longer feels like a man. If the women is bigger than him, he doesn't feel "macho" anymore, like his girlfriend is tougher and bigger than he is. He is a good friend of mine this guy, a great guy also, but that's exactly what he told me, and he hasn't been the first (mind you this is a guy with over 35 years of dating experiences as it is).

Edited May 14, 2012 by FrustratedStandards

[motive2002]

I like tall girls

 

I like 'em short too. A part of me thinks I'm attracted to height discrepancy... or just think it's interesting or something.

 

I'm 5'8". Tallest girl I dated was 6' She was crazy over the moon for me.

 

Don't ever simply write yourself or someone else off based on height. These chicks that "only" date tall guys.. whatever. Somehow it's ok for them to say that, where if I said I only date girls with d-cups, or only date girls that are skinny I'm somehow not only shallow, but also a pig. Go figure.

[FrustratedStandards]

I like tall girls

 

I like 'em short too. A part of me thinks I'm attracted to height discrepancy... or just think it's interesting or something.

 

I'm 5'8". Tallest girl I dated was 6' She was crazy over the moon for me.

 

Don't ever simply write yourself or someone else off based on height. These chicks that "only" date tall guys.. whatever. Somehow it's ok for them to say that, where if I said I only date girls with d-cups, or only date girls that are skinny I'm somehow not only shallow, but also a pig. Go figure.

 

Where did you ever hear that? That's not shallow or piggish at all. It's preference.

 

Men always use this defence: "What if I said I only like big breasted women?"

 

Then go DATE big breasted women, no one's stopping you.

 

If we all dated people just because we are "open minded" then we would never be attracted to our partners. We would be "open minded" to other things, other than sticking to what we really like. Apparently sticking to what you like (because its unfair to be in a relationship where you're NOT attracted to your partner) is shallow.

 

Ugh. I'm shallow for only wanting tall men, yet i'm a b*tch if I give a short guy a chance but i'm not attracted to him and only leading him on. You can never win.

[USMCHokie]

I would totally date a woman who was 6'0"+...just to see what it was like...