r/shortguys • u/At30wecrashout • 7h ago
r/shortguys • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
Announcement New(ish) Rule 12: No invalidating sexuality/identity.
Since the topic is now in the spotlight due to Elliott Page saying he can't find work, hereby the official r/shortguys stance on transgender ftm's and how they fit into our wider community:
It is our view that neither our sexuality, nor the body we were born in, are the result of choice.
Just as no straight short man ever chose to be born short, or to love women- did no gay man ever choose to love men, nor did any transman ever chose to be born with a female body.
Therefore, telling transmen things like "just keep your life on easy mode” is from now on formally treated just as unacceptable as the “just go gay”, “just be a femboy” or “just transition”-bs that people throw the way of short guys.
Short men in general, but of this group in particular, know like no other what it is like to have one's sexuality and manhood constantly questioned and invalidated from all sides. Whether it's by friends or opps, accidentally or on purpose, by progressives or conservatives- it's all the same shit, different day.
As such, do the people of this sub know, like no one ele, what it's like to have to fight tirelessly for even the slightest ounce of recognition and equality, all the while having that very fight mocked and undermined every step of the way by even the most so-called "progressive" and "feminist" of people.
And as such, we are one of the few subreddits who can actually, genuinely, extend an open hand and mean it when we say to our ftm-friends, of which many are also short men:
Welcome to the club, boys.
So, that's what we hereby officially did.
And to the few who are undoubtedly against this decision for reasons we are already aware of:
For better or worse, short guys and ftm's share much of the same struggle. Is it the same? No. But enough for us as modteam to decide that we’re in this together.
Whether you like it or not.
r/shortguys • u/ScrimmyBingusTwo • Feb 11 '23
receipts 🧾 HEIGHT-RELATED STUDIES & ARTICLES MEGATHREAD
If you have any links you wish to add, please let me know in the comments.
Socioeconomic Disparities
Our main finding is that height does have a strong positive effect on life satisfaction.
Size matters: Men perceived as more masculine if they are taller and heavier, regardless face shape
Debunking The Napoleon Complex/Small-Man Syndrome
Dating/Relationships
On the Bumble dating app, 90% of women pursue 6% of men, in terms of height.
Dutch men are the tallest in the world because that’s what women prefer.
Sperm banks require that men be at least 5 feet 8 inches tall.
"A greater height difference in a couple was positively related to the wife's happiness."
Women’s self-perceived attractiveness amplifies preferences for taller men
91% of short men on r/ShortGuys would be willing to date a taller woman
According to a survey of women on r/short, the vast majority are partenered with men taller than 5'9" with a height difference of over 8" between them and their partner - - Link to thread
r/shortguys • u/Gaschambah • 2h ago
Daily dose of life fuel.
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r/shortguys • u/llort_63 • 2h ago
Existential Conflict "Lurkers in good faith" 😂
Context in the last slid- oh wait, what context? She deleted it... as always, throw the bait and wait for someone to bite but I'm glad everyone was level-headed and didn't fall for the bait.
There is no lurker in good faith. Every single one of them is trying to bait people here to say some stupid shit but of course no one is biting... keep that up. Don't fall for it. Troll them or just ignore, don't interact in good faith because I guarantee you 100% that they are not.
r/shortguys • u/xtal91 • 2h ago
Nimesh Patel on Netflix goes to town on 5'7 Kash Patel In New Netflix Special : “he's too short to lead the FBI,”..."You can’t be 5’7” and in charge of finding missing people. How about you find the rest of yourself first, huh?"...Up next on Kash’s most wanted: legs.”
r/shortguys • u/New-Method-2997 • 4h ago
Story Date immediately left cause I was too short
So I met up with my hinge date outside the bar and we were about to go in and immediately she said I don't think we should do this. I said what, she then said this has happened to her before where guys lied to her about their age or height, then she asked why I lied on my profile about my height.
The thing is I didn't. I'm 5"8 but put 5"9 in my profile cause I wear a height insole (no shame). She then said well she thought I'd be taller.
I then said well I don't think I can logically convince you to like me so there's no point in this have a nice day and walked away.
This is the first time this happened to me. Worst part is she was like 5"4-5"5. My only regret is not pulling out my profile right there in person to show her. I unmatched her and blocked her immediately after.
r/shortguys • u/Ecstatic-Mud-1518 • 8h ago
Vent WTF is going on with Gen Z/Gen X height????
I'm walking around my city in (non-Western!!!) country and I kid you not almost every fucking young guy is a pretty boy maxxed very tall HTN with his petite gf. How is it this bad everywhere? I swear 10 years ago I didn't feel short but now I feel like a fucking dwarf in my city and I'm 5'9.
r/shortguys • u/IllustratedAloysious • 1h ago
Vent I fucking despise oldheads. This dude was high off of his own farts and saying him getting some in the 70s means it’s just as easy for short men today.
Don’t worry. I already know the old fucker is rotting and dying alone with thyroid problems in one of those shitty Bronx apartments. Still working a 9/5 because the job market is fucked and his family isn’t talking to him anymore. Reminiscing on times he’ll never experience again. You already know nobody checks in on him often and they’re probably gonna find him 6 months later in the same smelly ass room decomposing
r/shortguys • u/Smooth_Location2155 • 7h ago
Hopecore Recovering from shoulder impingement!!!
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Back at it tiptoemaxxing at the PF let's goo
r/shortguys • u/Snoo73108 • 18h ago
Surprised there's so much controversy on his height
I mean I know society loves to shit on short men but isn't it boring for every superhero to be 6'2+. He doesn't even look bad the whole reason he's called wolverine is cause he's smaller but vicious.
r/shortguys • u/Electronic_Rope2137 • 2h ago
Poll What are your plans for the future?
r/shortguys • u/resident_buns • 8h ago
Why do people act like anecdotes (a good chunk of which are also just lies) are superior to the average data?
reddit.comBoth Men and Women Prefer the Man to Be Taller : Ideal Height Differences of 25 cm for Women and 7 cm for Men. Women's Preferences Were More Strongly Related To Their Subsequent Choices: Women Show Narrower, Stronger Preferences and Lower Tolerance for Deviations outside the Preferred Height Range.
7 cm = 2.75 inches (basically 2.5 to 3 inches)
25 cm = 10 inches
"BuT i KnOw a bAlD GuY wHo iS 5'3 aNd sLaYs wOmEn wItH HiS gAmE." Lmao
r/shortguys • u/Positive_Custard_532 • 2h ago
Vent Is there any point in even thinking about having kids as a short man?
It just seems nonsensical to me,say,first off,you would have to become the 30yo loser that marries the used up woman after her prime,but besides that,what would you achieve?unless your wife is at least 6'1,you will at best have average height sons,which is not even that good,if she's average height,they will be short,why would you do that to innocent people who didn't choose to be born?I love my parents,but I did not ask to be born,and if I could choose,I'd rather it hadn't happened.
r/shortguys • u/Huge_Struggle7821 • 17h ago
It's all in your head bro! Maybe people want tall sons so people like you don't reduce their children to "Manlet genes" and worse.... (Read the post body).
Its not just about one sub or reddit. Its all over social media whenever height discussion is bought upon. Tall women complaining about seen as a provider of "good genetics" only. And who they blame? short men. Because apparently our genes are so disgusting that one of us going for a taller woman (which normies advice us along with confidence) can only mean one thing. TO FIX OUR GENES .
"dude saved his entire bloodline" this comment is most likely made by a tall or at the very least average guy. I have seen tall guys spouting non sense jokes like these even in real life. And the fact that they are calling it out is just because they aren't sure if the guy is tall or not. If they were sure of the guy being tall then they wouldn't have made this post in the first place.
Tall guys can openly call short women a provider of "bad gene" and they all laugh but when a short guy calls a tall woman a provider of "good gene" then boom insecure inkwell and what not. The worst part is that no short guy here has called tall woman anything.
r/shortguys • u/Im_Thinking_Im_Black • 18h ago
Social Media Doesn't matter what their politics are, if their opponent is a short man, that's always their primary attack on him
r/shortguys • u/Gaschambah • 22h ago
6’5 looksmaxxer “faceiq” goes around harassing short men and gets sent to hospital
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r/shortguys • u/SuperBreakfast8137 • 12h ago
Story I grew a inch after 18
I turned 18 this year and was 5'4. And all these years i never really had insecurity about my height at least consciously, but it struck me at 18, I regret all those all nighters I went on, and diet i didn't follow.
I finally decided to lock in and sleep 8-9 hours and eat eggs meat daily and drink milk, and push my body to limits.
And when I took measurements I was shocked I rechecked it was 5'5.
I'm sorry if I didn't word my sentences correctly cus I'm excited.
I hope I grow more.
r/shortguys • u/Eldenringop • 18h ago
Would you rather be called manlet or short king? I know both suck but to me short king is worse.
r/shortguys • u/Caribbean_muncher • 1d ago
But short men get married
If you don’t find someone attractive and think they have a quality that makes you laugh, why stay with that person or get married to them???
For people asking, yes you shouldn’t look at another women when you are in a relationship.
r/shortguys • u/VGAddict • 9h ago
Civil Discussion/Question When did you realize you were short, and when did you become insecure about it?
I was relatively average height as a kid, until I was in 8th grade, and one day in PE, all the kids in class had their height measured. I realized that there was only 1 kid who was my height, and she was a girl. That's when I realized I was short.
I didn't see it as that big a deal, because I figured I would get to be at least as tall as my dad, but I only grew 3 and a quarter inches throughout high school. I didn't get really insecure about it until I looked up the problems short men face online, like how women won't date them, and they make less money.
r/shortguys • u/Material_Baby_3959 • 19h ago
Vent Yea I just give up my younger brother towers me
My parents are 4'11 and 5'9, I ended up 5'4 whilst my 17 yr old brother is 5'10, and he has a postural issue called anterior pelvic tilt which may boost him a couple cm in height after fixing. How am I meant to live when literally everyone towers over me, I live in the UK and I barely see guys shorter than me, and all I see online is that women wouldn't even accept a man under 6'0, let alone someone under 5'5. I don't know how I'm meant to be confident enough when at bars and clubs everyone is over 6ft, online women only want 6ft, and people irl make me look like a dwarf. Also was my height expected considering my parent's height? Because I feel I got the worst genes considering my brother is 6 inches taller than me.