Is it normal i don’t think 5”7 is short for a man

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I’m a 5”7 woman and it’s basically the perfect height, I can reach everything in the supermarket, see at concerts, hold the top bar on public transport and destroy a climbing wall.

I find it bizarre that men my size consider themselves short. Some talk about it as though they are certified midgets disabled by their height. Do they see me struggling? Granted they don’t magnetically attract women the way 6”5 giants do but they are able to easily do all standard tasks and are hardly dealt a cruel hand.

Basically guys who think 5”7 is short need to get some perspective and grow up (if you’ll pardon the pun).

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howaminotmyself

4 years ago

It's not that they can't do those things, 5'7" is plenty tall enough for the top shelf and the bus. I don't believe that is their concern. I think it's that they feel they can't compete with other men. Society is harsh if you don't meet an ideal standard. And men are expected to be tall. It's great that you aren't bothered by it. But if you aren't, why add to the stigma by criticizing them for being self conscious? That will never help.

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- d0esnormalmatter
  
  4 years ago
  
  Because they can't... for a full grown US man, 5'7" is way below average.
  
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  - howaminotmyself
    
    4 years ago
    
    I can reach the top bar on a bus and I am not even 5 ft tall. Now the top shelf at the grocery store is a bit of a challenge, but only a few inches away. And climbing is all about upper body strength, not height. The examples don't fit the critique. Except the dating problem. Men are often insecure about dating taller women. But many women don't want a shorter man. It goes both ways.
    
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    - d0esnormalmatter
      
      4 years ago
      
      That's what I was talking about. Dating. I was responding to your comment "I think it's that they feel like they can't compete with other men"
      
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  4 years ago
  
  I’m not criticising them for being self conscious but for having a victim mentality.
  
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  - howaminotmyself
    
    4 years ago
    
    I find it unlikely that you encounter this very frequently. Napoleon complex or an inferiority complex is far more likely. They tend to overcompensate for a percieved weakness, not draw attention to it. I don't doubt you encountered this, it isn't common. While victim mentality isn't attractive, it is likely a reaction to the dating pool and not their physical abilities. Regardless, criticizing still won't help.
    
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    - FromTheSouthWeirdMan
      
      4 years ago
      
      Its like thr guys with the small peckers. You know theyre self conscious about it because it's all they talk about. Always talking about their "huuuge" pecker.
      
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4 years ago

Its short! A real man should not be this short

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  4 years ago
  
  That’s borderline racist, given that 5”7 is average or even above average in some Asian countries.
  
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    4 years ago
    
    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I couldn't care!
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      4 years ago
      
      Yet you make multiple accounts to thumbs me down?
      
      I’m not saying you are an awful person. I’m just making you aware of the extent that you (like everyone in the western world) have been indoctrinated with racist Eurocentric beauty standards, including men shorter than the Caucasian average not being “real men”.
      
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        4 years ago
        
        No, just one account.
        
        Shut up! I don't care about racism or the pathetic baby's like you who yell racist.
        You can stamp your feet as much as you want but a racist person is someone that hates other people that are not the same nationality as him/her, simple as that.
        
        And to the people actually being hurt by real racism why would I care unless it was happening to me, unless you assume I should care for complete strangers.
        
        Go fuck yourself.
        
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XYXY

4 years ago

I’m 5’6 female, on a normal day my shoes are minimum 3 inch heel. If I am dressing up nice for an evening out my heels will be 4 inch plus. This means that if a man is 5’7 I am always going to be taller than him. Men generally want to be the taller one in a heterosexual couple and many women like taller men also. So yes 5’7 is short for a man thus giving them a disadvantage in the dating world

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Aethylfritha

4 years ago

Depends on a lot of things. I consider it slightly short. In some countries/ populations its probably average.

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acosta

4 years ago

Isn't the average height of an adult male 5ft 8/9"?

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  4 years ago
  
  Pretty much where I live yes. Hence my point that 5”7 isn’t short.
  
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Fugazi,again

4 years ago

I'm 5'11", when I'm in Ireland I am exactly average height, when I'm in England I'm tall and when I went to Holland I felt like a midget

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d0esnormalmatter

4 years ago

5'7" is short. That's just percentages. 5'10" is average for a US white male. Womens perception is slightly skewed up as well.

OP is a mouth breather tryna help shorties be more confident haha.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  4 years ago
  
  Maybe short aesthetically for western male beauty standards but practically they are far from it.
  
  Height starts to be a hinderance around 5”3.
  
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  - d0esnormalmatter
    
    4 years ago
    
    That's just wrong. I've seen studies on dating sucess. Taller men get more. Stop denying facts. You think a 5'4" man equal in every other way will have the same dating sucess as someone 6'4"???? Height is only a hindrance around 5'3" right? Your a fucking moron.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      4 years ago
      
      We’re talking about 5”7 not 5”4 which I will admit is short. There is so much more to life than dating, the fact that you’re so fixated on that element is a not only missing my point (that a 5”7 body is adequate and functional) but indicative that you need to expand your own horizons beyond women’s sexual approval of you.
      
      Also you may want to use the correct your/you’re next time you call someone a moron for disagreeing with you.
      
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      - d0esnormalmatter
        
        4 years ago
        
        Your post is wrong. 5'7" IS SHORT FOR A MAN.
        
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Mammal-lover

4 years ago

Agreed, though I. Not gonna complain about having the attentions of a guy who is 6'5

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  4 years ago
  
  Someone gets it. Just because 5”7 isn’t a blessing doesn’t make it a curse.
  
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  - Mammal-lover
    
    4 years ago
    
    Exactly! My ex is 5'8/9 and I'm 6'1 yes taller guys are hot but so is Ryan Reynolds. Most cant possible compare to society standards of beauty. 5'7 is plenty tall and I would no problem dating someone of said height.
    
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litelander8

4 years ago

Personally, I think dudes are short if they’re below 6’.

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  4 years ago
  
  same
  
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  4 years ago
  
  But that’s an aesthetic preference, they’re not impaired by their height.
  
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  - bigbudchonga
    
    4 years ago
    
    They kind of are. Not so much in the modern world, but still, being a bigger/ taller dude has it's advantages in one of the most basic abilities to survive, the ability to physically beat other males who may be attacking you for whatever reason, and obviously it helps against animals too.
    
    I know that in the modern world it's far more redundant, but it's one of those things, like men being put off by slutty women, that's left over from thousands upon thousands of years of evolution, and still has an effect, all be it smaller than it used to, on humans in the modern world.
    
    Litelander is like most women who like taller men, and with a good, practical reason.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      4 years ago
      
      Muscle mass is more important than height in a fight.
      
      In terms of animals the average hunter gatherer male Neanderthal was only 5”5 so height is clearly not essential to take down an animal either.
      
      Not that it’s of importance to most modern 1st world males, who will live their lives having never had to fight off an animal.
      
      5”7 guys do not have “tall privileges” but they are no more “impaired” than I am.
      
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      - bigbudchonga
        
        4 years ago
        
        I agree with that vast majority of that tbh. A taller man can put on more muscle though. Anyway, your point stands; I don't have contention with it.
        
        My point is that being tall is a desirable trait that isn't going anywhere, and is rationally sort as such, and conversely, short men have the opposite of that. Height's served a very serious biological purpose throughout history, and although that purpose is severely lessened today, women will, by and large, find tall men more attractive; and those short men will, on an ingrained biological level, generally understand that they essentially have a flaw that is only rendered much smaller by the technology around them. It's logical that they present emotional discomfort at being short.
        
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- d0esnormalmatter
  
  4 years ago
  
  That's fair!
  
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