xaphod

Why are humans programmed to regard tall people as more desirable ?

It pisses me off being 5'9" and being regarded as somehow less of a person.

I was thinking a while back of the time I was invited to a yachting friend's wedding. Nigel knew me as this character who single hands 32 foot sailing boats, repairs leaking toilets in force 8 gales without throwing up, can hoick out anchors which bigger guys can't, a half-decent navigator, a bon viveur in some respects, can cook and likes his wine. Some of this aura had preceeded my arrival at his reception (his parents had never met me).

I was introduced as 'this is Xaphod' and got the comment 'oh, I thought you would be taller !'


GRRRRRR


Xa

jo

You shoulda worn your 6 or 7 inch heels....

SallysWorld - Webmaster

Hell im 6'6" tall and built like the side of a house,pretty much everyone figures im some sort of thug or that im gonna mug them by the way they react if i walk towards or behind them because of my size (just wanting to pass them without shoulder barging my way through them!) Me im just a 'gentle giant' but no one seems to see that...Xaph you got it easy trust me!
SW-W

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Danielinheels

Found this interesting article on CBSnews.com

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in614227.shtml

I especially like the last line, even being 6'4" and well put together - one glance at me and you wouldn't think I was into heels, unless I happened to be in my heels :D

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Skirted-UK

Gosh, I thought you were at least 6 foot! Another one of my illusions shattered. :(

Latextex

Yeh, well it gets worse. I was 5'9 in my youth. At 65 I am 5'7, and that makes it all the worse, because when I eyeball a woman to estimate how tall she is in heels or otherwise, I'm still thinking I'm 5'9". That's why there are so many taller women now it seems.
Tex

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Dr. Shoe

I noticed that people get shorter when I put my heels on...

Being about 5'10" is a boon if you're a TV...

xaphod

Yes, I guess that can be difficult. I've had various friends built like yourself, big guys, handy for lifting out gateposts, but absolutely civilised despite appearances. OK, I suffer from everybodys primeval prejudices, but experience soon allows me to see the real person underneath




Ah, I now understand ..... my success in an Engineering career was nothing to do with the fact that I might have been reasonably good at it and more to do with the fact that I wore 3" lifts for most of the time.


Xa

Dawn HH

O.K., O.K.,---so I'm short and dumpy at 5' 4.5"---so who cares! That may be the average "woman's" height, but let's face it---being that was the genes that my parents passed on to me---I have learned to live with it. I like that phrase, "Shoes of mass elevation" as wearing heels sure does help in the height department. But, I have always looked at it this way--If the U.S.A. was ever really attacked severly---I wouldn't have to dig as deep of a foxhole for myself---TEE! HEE!
Cheers---

Dawn HH

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Lindsay

I'm 5' 11" and I hate being tall. I would have liked to have stayed about 5' 7" like I was when I left school at 16. Nothing to do with wearing heels. I tend to feel clumsy sometimes.

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