Women want taller men more than men want shorter women: "women are most satisfied when their partner was 21 cm taller, whereas men are most satisfied when they were 8 cm taller than their partner" [x-post r/science]

FooHero3 · 2013-03-21T20:37:25+00:00

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abovefate · 2013-03-22T00:07:32+00:00

Short Shaming? https://twitter.com/expsnghghtsm

Found the above link on the front page: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1aqd2y/women_want_taller_men_more_than_men_want_shorter/c9012cs

iggybdawg · 2013-03-21T22:27:35+00:00

That explains all the women I see with 13cm heeled shoes!

seanholio · 2013-03-22T21:40:31+00:00

The delta between preferences is 13cm, or about 5in, which explains a lot about 5" high heels.

VZPurp · 2013-03-21T20:58:34+00:00

I understand taller = better, but how many women can accurately contemplate height? Men have a better spatial sense, and even most men can't differentiate height most of the time.

Do women really detect when a guy is 21cm/8 inches bigger? Or is that just their gut feeling?

legendofpasta · 2013-03-22T02:49:37+00:00

It's actually funny because I even wrote about this in my book...

I know this might sound crazy, but women who are physically taller (and thus larger), tend to lean towards the prude category more than normal sized women. I’m not talking about fat chicks either, I’m talking about women who are slightly taller than average, with a body size in proportion to the increase in height. I’m not sure exactly why, but I have met a lot of women that fall into this category. I believe this is related to my own body size relative to hers. I am about six feet tall (182cm) and 155 pounds (70kgs).

My theory is that there is some golden ratio of male to female height and weight that women unknowingly seek out in a mate, which could give men who don’t fall into their "target body size range" problems with getting them into bed. I’m not sure if this is an evolutionary mechanism implanted in the female subconscious, or if there is some other underlying factor I have failed to observe, but there is a correlation between the size of a target and how easy they are to get in bed. Personally, I notice that women who are close to my height or taller, will give me this type of trouble, but there is no bottom limit to how short a woman can be relative to me.

There is also a theory that shorter women are more feminine than taller women which could have an impact on how various styles of game play out with them. The reasoning behind this theory lies in the fact that estrogen inhibits bone growth, and thus high estrogen (highly feminine) women will be more likely to end up short.

WhoaKungFu · 2013-03-22T02:47:26+00:00

This proves women are more about vanity than protection (which evo psych stipulates otherwise). Shorter men have a better weight-height displacement. Which, save for a marathon, puts them at a better advantage for lifting, sprinting, and climbing. Likewise, need fewer calories to do the same task hence making our smaller caveman counterparts far superior providers in times of famine.

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