How come height doesn't serve as a basis for identity group formation the way skin color, gender, or even weight do? Why don't shorter-than-average people pursue collective action?
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Interesting. You'd think it would be a meaningless gesture since they are the ones who do the reaching out. It's a meaningful filter for women.
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Yeah. I think that complaint is more about trying to make people see the two as the same so that women stop putting up that filter
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Good question! Especially weird considering weight is relatively more controllable than height
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Perhaps that is why weight is an identity variable: the primary mode of discrimination arises from people thinking it is way more controllable than it actually is.
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I think it may also come down to the mental state we associate with both. If all we know is overweight, we're probably going to assume they aren't quite as happy. One of the first things that comes to mind when you think "short man" is Napoleon complex
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Easy for you to say, Mr 6' 9"
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lol I'm a domain expert for this height thing. Been subbed to r/tall for years
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But are you a heightfluencer?
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Nope. Seems like some people do build a brand on it though: https://www.reddit.com/user/TallestRedditorEver/posts/ …
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Seems like height disadvantages are primarily physical inconveniences and physiological risks rather than social disadvantages. Though I think 6' 2" is probably the point where extra inches are more burden than advantage.
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There is also a similar complaint I've heard a lot (my whole family is tall so I get more exposure to this side). Roughly, tall women complaining about tall guys dating short women. Pretty consistent too I think. You'll see that if you browse r/tall
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Purely anecdote, but it’s notably harder to date as a tall woman (5’ 9”+) than a short man.
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Well at least they know where to go looking: basketball games.
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If you browse through r/tall and click on the profiles of people at or above 7 feet, you often do find that they at least played competitive D1 college basketball. Pretty funny stereotype tbh
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Here is a prime example from r/tinder. I think it was one of the top posts for a while:https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/2lzpxa/double_standards/ …
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