FTA:
"Women, on the other hand, prefer men who are taller than themselves, and they have a particularly strong aversion to shorter men. For example, our estimates imply that compared to a man who is five inches taller than a woman and earns $ 50,000 per year, a man who is five inches shorter than a woman would need to earn slightly more than half a million dollars per year to make up for his shortcoming."
As yet another 5'7" - great! I revel in the knowledge that there are millions of women who could care less how tall I am (OK, maybe not revel since I married one of the above, but you get my drift).
This "women only like tall guys" thing has as much validity as "men only want hot skinny chix with big tits." Sure there's some truth to it, but in the aggregate, people can't be reduced to simplistic statements.
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I reckon he is citing this article: What Makes You Click? Mate Preferences and Matching Outcomes in Online Dating http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=895442
FTA: "Women, on the other hand, prefer men who are taller than themselves, and they have a particularly strong aversion to shorter men. For example, our estimates imply that compared to a man who is five inches taller than a woman and earns $ 50,000 per year, a man who is five inches shorter than a woman would need to earn slightly more than half a million dollars per year to make up for his shortcoming."
Notably, all heights are given relative to the woman's height, which is what really matters, not absolute height.
Genetics are serious rubbish. :p
Thank you for that, though. It was a fascinating read.
As another 5'7" - fuck :(
As yet another 5'7" - great! I revel in the knowledge that there are millions of women who could care less how tall I am (OK, maybe not revel since I married one of the above, but you get my drift).
This "women only like tall guys" thing has as much validity as "men only want hot skinny chix with big tits." Sure there's some truth to it, but in the aggregate, people can't be reduced to simplistic statements.
I am 5'4.
You think you have a problem?