It's something that's played on tall women and short mens' minds since the dawn of time: Would you date someone who was significantly taller or shorter than you? For some reason (patriarchy, sexism, and what society considers to be "feminine"), there's this whole thing when it's a woman or femme-presenting person in a relationship who is the taller one.
CIS, straight men, it seems, are typically so easily emasculated by women that they must tower above them at all times. But is this still true today? Now we are little more aware of how utterly ridiculous this is?
Here are seven guys talking about how they *really* feel about dating taller women.
- "When she was in heels, she was taller. She was extremely self-conscious about it and felt like she couldn't wear heels because of it. Granted, I didn't really mind it because I don't really like heels to begin with, but I realized, it was something she felt like she had to sacrifice. I felt bad about it because of that." [via]
- "I'm 5'4" so most of the woman I've been with have been various degrees taller than me. NBD. I never thought much about it." [via]
- "Well, I've been seeing a girl I really like. I commented on our first date 'You're taller than me.' Her: 'Well I'm wearing heels.' They were small heels... In reality, I'm probably 5'7" and she is 5'8". But I don't give a shit. She is awesome and as long as she is cool, I am cool. There is something to being a shorter guy walking in with a tall girl all confident." [via]
- "She was only a couple of inches taller. I liked her too much to really care." [via]
- "I am 5'10" with thick socks. I dated a women who was six feet, and it wasn't an issue at all. We did once get caught in a picture where were were kissing with me standing on the stairs and her in ridiculous high heels. But the height difference had nothing to do with us no longer dating." [via]
- "When I hadn't finished my late teens growth spurt, the girl I was dating was 5'10". I was about 5'8" at the time. I didn't mind it, and in fact, now that I think about it I don't think it ever occurred to me to think about until now." [via]
- "I'm 5'5" and she was six feet. Like, her chin could rest on the top of my head. Hugs were always a face full of boob. That was nice. Unfortunately, she was kind of immature (not about the height thing), so it didn't last long. I'd date a tall girl again." [via]
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This article originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com/uk. Minor edits have been made by the Cosmo.ph editors.
