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I don't quite agree that there is a lot of disrespect for short guys. I think they have more problem with women than men by far. I've met a ton of guys with short-man syndrome, angry at tall guys, even verbalizing that specifically. But I never even think about anyone else's height, much less judge them by it. I've heard a lot of tall guys say they've met their share of short guys who were super angry at them from the get go for no reason. I really can't recall it going the other way around. I think it's just the uncomfortable feeling that tall people MIGHT be thinking poorly of short ones that sets some short people off. Some of them just carry it around until they find the right time to explode on somebody.

Tall dudes, unless they're really tall, don't really worry whether they're short or tall, because they've already won that lottery and so that's the end of the subject for them. They're not haunted about it, or insecure. To whatever extent it's an issue, being tall resolves it automatically.

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I was thinking more in terms of sub-concious effect.
A previous post mentioned something like more people in power (CEO's, those getting promotions) are taller on average.
Perhaps this is partly a by-product of the short-people being angrier and generally screwing themselves out of a promotion.

But I do think that sometimes the tall guy can just garner more respect just by being tall and has that sub-concious advantage going for him.

This wasn't even something I even considered until I first heard about it semi-recently.


I. personsally, don't have any anger towards tall guys. At least, I don't think I do.

I'm so used to being short that I don't even think about it.

All my friends in grade-school were a foot taller than me (seriously, I was SUPER short).
And thinking of my 5 closest guy friends, 2 of them are around 6-3 or so.
I'm not seeking out tall friends or anything. Just guys I get along with best.

My image of myself really isn't of me being so short. I always feel like I'm pretty much as tall as most around me (even though I know I'm not). It's hard to explain, but it's like I forget my height entirely most of the time.

Standing right next to a 6-3 guy I don't really think about it.
Seeing a picture of me next to him and I go, "Wow. I really AM pretty freaking short."