Are women's height requirements getting higher?

athlete2biz · 2022-12-15T20:54:36+00:00

I would assume its probably just the algorithm showing you what you want to see.

Height is actually a bigger factor when meeting girls irl. when you tower over almost everyone in a room, you get alot of attention from girls, and even the really good looking shorter guys have troubles competing. im 6'5, and trust me, height is one of the biggest advantages in attracting woman.

theres also the fact that alot of guys are lying about their height. those 5'10 guys calling themselves 6 feet are basically just making actual 6 foot guys look 6'2 and so on.

however, i did hear someone talk about a study saying that 86% of men are invisible on bumble due to height filters, I have no idea if thats true or not.

NockerJoe · 2022-12-15T21:09:01+00:00

Its posturing. There are a lot of deeply insecure people who think they can signal that they're high value boss bitches who get top guys but all they really signal is they either haven't had an actual relarionship or they're overcompensating for one that failed.

RGL137 · 2022-12-15T20:45:32+00:00

Honestly I think it’s just that women don’t know how tall six feet actually is lol.

CasperElshao · 2022-12-15T20:39:15+00:00

It’s the delusion. They think that just because they choose to only interact with the top tier guys, that’s the level she’s on. Unfortunately there’s way more pretty girls than top tier guys.

Try telling someone the average western guy is about 5’9, makes about 30k a year is a little overweight and not confident.

wrathofkalima · 2022-12-15T21:00:26+00:00

Yes! I don’t date anyone shorter than 12 feet.

OrdinaryFarmer · 2022-12-15T21:08:08+00:00

Yes they are. 40% of women on bumble didn't even want someone 6' or shorter. 6'5" - 6'6" was the most included height.

https://twitter.com/PersianCapital/status/1501202280120729603/photo/1

Before the clueless dummies comment "its a paid feature durrrr" No, it was free at the time of this graph and was then moved behind a pay wall, partially because of the bad look this gave. Women don't bother with filters? Weird, they all do with age and distance since its free, why would height have been any different. Spare me any of the typical gaslighting.

januaryphilosopher · 2022-12-15T20:42:12+00:00

No, your algorithm is getting more focused on this content that interests you.

2022-12-15T20:47:17+00:00

By this speed, in less than 20 years, you will hear these kinds of women saying "A man whose head touches the moon is tall enough for me. I'll love climbing on his dick every night".

Sure-Vermicelli4369 · 2022-12-15T20:42:17+00:00

I'm 6'8" and it does nothing for me with women

genieinaginbottle · 2022-12-16T08:47:11+00:00

Taller is always seen as hotter. Even if they'll date a shorter guy, taller is still hotter. But not everyone goes for the most attractive guy so it all balances out.

NotARussianBot1984 · 2022-12-16T19:11:44+00:00

Ya before tinder I'd hear girls want at least average height guy. As 5 7 guy that kinda sucked but I respect average being good enough on a shallow trait. And I could always just date even shorter girls right?

Now with tinder ya it's common to hear girls asking for 6 feet. Or being surprised how many men under 6 feet there are.

Meh, just learn how to be happy solo, and be open to finding a girl that doesn't care about that innate shallow trait

BrummieAMN19 · 2022-12-15T20:44:41+00:00

Why are most posts’ main sources always Titkok teenage white girls lol imagine taking those women or that godforsaken app seriously and I’m gen Z under 6ft. Heights not that big of a deal above 5”6 in my experience

RocinanteCoffee · 2022-12-15T21:44:47+00:00

I saw maybe a few tiktoks and reels the last few days where women kept saying that being 6' is "mid" and they should go for 6'4 or higher or 6'2 or higher.

For the love of kittens please stop thinking TikTok is anything other than primarily people saying provocative things for the sake of views and content. TikTokkers do not reflect the preferences of humanity. They don't even reflect current trends except in makeup, working out, and shitty dance moves.

TikTok is also notorious for showing you the content (provocative or otherwise) that you seek or watch or like the most of.

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sparklyyblueberryy · 2022-12-15T22:39:12+00:00

No. I live in a place where the average is 6'0 and we want "180 cm" aka 5'11 (because it is a round number). It is not mediocre, it is the ideal and the average at the same time.

HazyMemory7 · 2022-12-15T23:09:29+00:00

Moreso than when they were financially dependent. Naturally when you have more freedom you can be more selective. As a result it's harder for short men to date in 2022. Should go without saying, but I'm not faulting women for that nor do I think women gaining indendence is a bad thing.

I only roll my eyes as far as height preferences if its a 5 ft girl looking for a 6'3+ dude. He's 15 inches taller and statistically rare as hell.

daddysgotanew · 2022-12-16T13:32:27+00:00

I’m actually 6’1”. It’s not that tall anymore. It definitely doesn’t win me any extra points in dating.

SoIlikeMangos · 2022-12-16T18:26:06+00:00

6 feets is short? Ffs what's wrong with some people

Swimming_Flatworm_46 · 2022-12-17T00:54:32+00:00

I’m a 6’2 female, I’d say the majority of men on dating apps and even in real life inflate their height slightly. I can tell easier I guess as I’m the actual height they claim to be…

It’s sad really. Attractiveness and suitability can not just be determined on height, and if people truly are discounting people THAT much and will only date above a certain height etc then I really do think they’re missing out on a lot of lovely fun people.

My current boyfriend is maybe half an inch shorter than me, but we hit it off online first, I didn’t know his height and at that point it wasn’t important!

Thinkingard · 2022-12-17T04:43:17+00:00

I've seen tons of 6+ dudes who are ugly, gangly, skinny-fat, and plain creepy looking. Can't imagine they slay girls the way the internet would make you think they should. Girls want tall model-looking dudes, which is even rarer.

Flightlessbirbz · 2022-12-16T02:00:56+00:00

Lol They’re probably trolling guys since guys have been trolling pretty girls on TikTok and Instagram by calling them “mid.”

Gen Z girls and guys seem to have an ongoing war.

fiftypoundpuppy · 2022-12-15T22:14:57+00:00

Yes they are. But women today for god knows what reasons are obsessed with trying not to appear shallow, despite evidently being extremely shallow.

Then you get to women on subs like this. Who either talk about how they “once dated a 5’6 guy” back in middle school. Or how they supposedly wouldn’t date a guy that’s 6ft.

The fact of the matter is that exceptions don’t make the rule. Are there some women out there who probably prefer a 4 inch dick to a 6 inch one? Yea maybe like 1 in 100,000. But it doesn’t change the norm. MOST women care about height a lot. And MOST women are going to be more attracted to men solely based of being taller. And less attracted to men solely based of being shorter.

And before some dumbass comes crying about how short men can find women attracted to them, I never said they couldn’t. I’m simply stating the fact that their options are far more limited.

search4bigfoot45 · 2022-12-15T21:48:01+00:00

Touch grass if you think being that tall or women expecting men to be that tall is common. I'm 6'2" (but like really 6'2" and not inflating my height like a lot of guys) and I was pretty much always the tallest guy back in high school and college. When people guess my height they always think I'm somewhere in between 6'3" and 6'6" because so many guys lie about their height and they have no concept of what 6'2" actually looks like.

2022-12-15T23:56:03+00:00

Hey I don’t know about all these numbers I just like a fellow in a nice pair of shoes

localmicrodosechamp · 2022-12-15T23:20:28+00:00

if it helps i also swipe left on short women.

SmarmyPapsmears · 2022-12-15T20:40:05+00:00

Any woman regularly on tiktok is already delusional

Bikerbats · 2022-12-15T20:57:37+00:00

Why do you guys worry about complete nonsense like this? So what if a bunch of women on the internet decide they all want 6'4" men? That's not going to change that fact that we're talking less than 1 out of 100 men, and there simply not many to spread around. Why, at best 1% of women could get one. Hardly a threat.

FuckAllYou2022 · 2022-12-15T23:51:34+00:00

Maybe it’s better to not date women that are that shallow

HighestTierMaslow · 2022-12-16T04:19:34+00:00

Crazy women on tik tok dont really represent "all" women.

Get off of tik tok for gods sake, its crap.

LupeDyCazari · 2022-12-15T21:27:35+00:00

Nope.

Most women are happy enough with a man of average height. Even shorter than average guys are paired up, and there's plenty of guys who are short and dating women who are conventionally attractive and several inches taller than the men.

Personally speaking, the only men I've met who've had trouble attracting attractive women have been men with an ugly face, a shit body(either fat or scrawny) or poor social skills, so it stands to reason to assume that the men who complain about their height tend to be men who are rather unattracive, and these men would still have trouble attracting women even if they themselves were 6'4''.

wtknight · 2022-12-15T20:46:27+00:00

A woman who thinks that a man more than five inches taller than them is too short is delusional and should probably be told that her expectations are unrealistic, as the average man is only five inches taller than the average woman.

I’m not sure whether their “requirements” are getting higher, but the internet and social media do tend to promote more unrealistic hopes.

FlexodusPrime · 2022-12-16T01:52:09+00:00

You can play the height game too. If I have to be at least 6ft, then you have to be at least 5'6 and weigh less than 120

No womanlets allowed

Safe-Plankton-2376 · 2022-12-15T20:40:47+00:00

If what I see daily on social media is indicative of a real societal trend, then yes. But considering only 14% of men in the US are 6ft or taller, obviously not all women with this requirement are going to find someone that checks that box.

Ray1975 · 2022-12-15T22:11:36+00:00

Women with really high hight requirements are basically the female equivalent of a bro who needs a lifted truck.

Caetraaa · 2022-12-15T20:40:19+00:00

Personally my ideal range is no less than like 4'8 or taller than 5'11. I'm only 5'3, I'm not interested at all in a massive awkward height difference.

2022-12-15T20:40:19+00:00

That would be crazy if so. I'm a legit 6'3 (barefoot and late evening when I went to the doctor) and don't really see too many people my height or taller in Chicago. I see plenty of guys a lot shorter than me with women though, of all ages too, so I don't think its a requirement and more of a preference.

Slyfer_Seven · 2022-12-15T21:15:00+00:00

No actions or trends reflect what they're saying, it's all bullshit to get you worked up and then laugh at your expense

Don't buy into it

Zadacat · 2022-12-15T21:23:41+00:00

No, most women want someone taller than them eventually, so the arbitrary number doesn’t matter that much

Smitten_Squire · 2022-12-15T21:36:29+00:00

Its funny cuz gen z is a lot shorter too cuz demographics. But they want even taller dudes

decolored · 2022-12-15T23:24:13+00:00

Women use height as a way of conveying how high value they believe themselves to be. No rational woman would turn away a handsome 5”11 who’s got his shit together to be with a 6’2 guy who doesn’t. Height requirement in profile shud be a left swipe always, because odds are she’s a dumb bitch anyways

LaborAustralia · 2022-12-16T02:02:24+00:00

tik tok algorithm isn't science, to tailored towards YOU
There is a difference between the perception of the number 6ft and the real perception of someone who is actually 6ft tall in real life. so many dudes roundup their height significantly (some add shoes AND round up), so that devalues the concept we have of what being 6 ft tall actually is, but the perception of someone's height in real life can't be fooled. An actual 6ft guy is taller in real life compared to someone who is 5'10 1/2 but claims to be 6ft. They can both claim to be 6ft in their heads, but a woman in real life who sees both of them standing next to each other can clear see one is taller than the other. But if the shorter one on a dating app claims 6ft and they go on a date, the perception of the others height (who truthfully claims 6ft) on a dating add will be devalued. This distortion happens cross the spectrum of height. The 'idea' of what women have of someone who is 5'11, is very different compared to someone who is legitimately 5'11. This is because most men who are 5'11, 5'10 round up to 6ft, so women think that being 6ft tall is looks like what being 5'11, 5'10 is. men who claim 5'11 on dating apps must be then really short because 6ft men are only percived in height to be 5'10-11. I have friends who i know to be 6ft barefoot, but female friends have claimed their ''like at least 6'2''

2022-12-15T22:58:59+00:00

Yes. Have you seen these sorts of shoes lately?

It’s basically casual high heels for filtering out guys that aren’t tall enough.

None0fYour8usiness · 2022-12-16T07:41:11+00:00

Wouldn't suprise me. The height requirement is already clown tier, might as well put a red nose on it.

Shot-Suggestion6256 · 2022-12-16T12:18:05+00:00

i’m 6 ft 0.5 inch measured barefoot and girls always say they don’t believe i’m 6 ft and that i’m 5 ft 10/11? why is that?

catniagara · 2022-12-16T12:56:42+00:00

As a fan of Tik tok, we did it as a joke because of all the hilarity “if you’re not tall women hate you”. Literally. It’s a sound now. I did this trend.

“Sorry but I’m 5’10”. If you’re 6’5” or shorter stay home, I don’t want you.”

I feel like obvious joke is obvious but Reddit has to show up and take everything so seriously

2022-12-16T15:38:05+00:00

Some 5'5 women in my work were saying my height (6'2) was like average now. Perhaps it is because there does seem to be a lot of very tall young guys about. but I'm still the tallest person in a room about 90% of the time.

HighestTierMaslow · 2022-12-16T16:06:28+00:00

For the love of God, get off of tiktok and stop thinking tiktok is REAL LIFE.

Most women want a man the same height as them or taller.

4% of women are taller than the average man and 1% of men are shorter than the average woman. I THINK YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE TO DATE YOU. NO WORRIES. :)

Dstar538888 · 2022-12-17T01:30:10+00:00

it's because a lot of men lie about their height and think women should go along with the lie....you have dudes who are 5'9 at best calling themselves 6 feet or 6'1 when they're clearly not....then they get butthurt when you call them out on their lie...

Title	Are women's height requirements getting higher?
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Date	December 15, 2022 8:35 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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