Another banger from r/askfeminists

[AlexAP]

The best part:

And of course, the dating standards are absolutely shocking (seriously, the amount of "if you're below 6 feet I want nothing to do with you" or "men whose height begins with 5 aren't real men" is frankly disgusting. It's a standard rooted in sexist and patriarchal ideas and needs to be challenged. Like, one of my partner's friends said to her that "I'd be hot if I was taller", even though I'm average height and four inches taller than both of them! Even some of the women who are okay with dating shorter men are only okay with it if he's still taller than them).

But I've seen so many responses to short men's understandable insecurities and depression that are like "get over it, it's only in your head, it's not a thing in real life", or "stop being insecure", or "well I'm dating a short man/well I'm a short man with a girlfriend so the heightism thing is bullshit" (this is like "I've got black friends so I'm not racist" energy).

 

[Fiqh]

The best part:

And of course, the dating standards are absolutely shocking (seriously, the amount of "if you're below 6 feet I want nothing to do with you" or "men whose height begins with 5 aren't real men" is frankly disgusting. It's a standard rooted in sexist and patriarchal ideas and needs to be challenged. Like, one of my partner's friends said to her that "I'd be hot if I was taller", even though I'm average height and four inches taller than both of them! Even some of the women who are okay with dating shorter men are only okay with it if he's still taller than them).

But I've seen so many responses to short men's understandable insecurities and depression that are like "get over it, it's only in your head, it's not a thing in real life", or "stop being insecure", or "well I'm dating a short man/well I'm a short man with a girlfriend so the heightism thing is bullshit" (this is like "I've got black friends so I'm not racist" energy).

 

[Matheus]

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Nice

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A better way of putting this question would have been to use both of the findings from the article you link.

Overweight Women And Short Men Earn Less Than Tall And Slim Peers

"obsession with body image" could also be to blame

Addressing society's obsession with body image would be a positive for everyone.

Yeah right, what's your height requirement already?

Stupid feminists.

 

[AlexAP]

"Pretty privilege" JFL doesn't even know it's called lookism.

 

[Matheus]

Brb bleaching my eyes

 

[horizontallytall]

Hello gonzalo

 

[kaugummi]

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"patriarchal body standards" I'm actually losing my mind. how do you manage to vicimize yourself in literally every concievable situation like this.

 

[Matheus]

"patriarchal body standards" I'm actually losing my mind. how do you manage to vicimize yourself in literally every concievable situation like this.
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It's peak female solipsism. If they weren't overprotected urbanites they would not be saying that shit

 

[reptiles]

"patriarchal body standards" I'm actually losing my mind. how do you manage to vicimize yourself in literally every concievable situation like this.
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What I don't understand is how black pillers waste there time talking to these rats you have more truth from a red Piller than you will ever hear from a feminists mouth

 

[Bojack]

sheeeit if i did that they'd just make fun of me

 

[Deleted member 18522]

heightism doesn't exist