Are You a Woman at Least 5’10” Jealous of Taller Women?
There’s nothing wrong with being a very tall woman (at least 5-10) who’s envious of even taller women — even if you don’t play basketball or volleyball.
Yes, sometimes, a very tall woman would love to be even taller, even though it may have nothing to do with blocking shots in volleyball or basketball.
A man I know said his 5-11 wife is envious of taller women in the same room.
I’m 5-8 and I can relate to this because I always like being the tallest woman in the room. I like being the tallest woman in the gym, but sooner or later, a woman at least 5-10 appears.
And I’m jealous — not in a hostile way but in an envious way. But it’s not that unusual for a 5-8 woman to wish to be taller.
What about women 5-11 or 6-1 who don’t like their position of tallest in the room to be robbed by an even taller women? It can happen more often than you think.
Today at the gym, for some mysterious reason, there was a slew of women at least 5-9 or 5-10.
I just couldn’t believe how many tall women were in the building at the same time.
They all seemed to be between 5-9 and six feet. Had a 6-3 woman popped into the gym, I’m betting that a few of those 5-tenners or even six footers might have envied her.
Women do tend to envy women who have what they don’t have and can’t get.
The natural golden blonde might envy the natural flaxen blonde, but at least she could always mimic natural flaxen by dying her hair.
But natural height can’t be mimicked. Tall women who wear high heels would probably like to have a few more natural inches so that they’d be as tall in athletic shoes or more comfortable flat shoes as they are in high heels.
When I was a kid, the teacher often had us line up according to height.
Kids fought over who was taller and tried to stand at the tall end of the line, even though they were a little shorter than a few kids before them in the line.
The teacher would make the one particular kid get in the correct position, and that kid was never happy about that, always with a sour pouty face.
I never saw this jockeying for position occur at the short end of the line. No kids ever bickered who was shorter. I never heard, “I’M shorter!” or, “I’M shorter than you, na-na-na-naaaahh-nahhhhhh!”
Instead, it was always, “I’M taller, not you!”
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
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Are Tall People Stronger Than Short People?
So, are tall people really stronger than short people?
Ever wonder if it’s really true that tall people are stronger than short people?
A lot of folks think so, including Hollywood. Ever notice that the thug who intimidates someone in a sitcom or even a serious movie is almost always taller?
The implication is that tall people are stronger and/or better fighters than short folks.
Between training men and women of all heights, and having worked out at many health clubs over the years, I have observed men and women of all heights lifting weights.
Guess what, folks: Being tall or short has no bearing on how much weight can be lifted: pressed outward, pulled inward, hoisted off the floor or carried around.
I wrote another article about strength and pointed out that a big tall woman isn’t necessarily more efficient at fighting off a man than is a smaller woman.
A reader posted a comment asking why the heavier, taller woman wouldn’t have an advantage.
Actually, she would, from the perspective of a man trying to knock her to the ground or pick her up and drag her.
It would be easier for a man to knock a shorter, lighter woman to the ground or pick her up. Also, height is worthless if you can’t throw a punch.
But I’m talking about sheer strength and power here.
As a former personal trainer, I’ve had short men and women lifting the same amount of weight as my tall clients: deadlift, any type of squat, leg press, bench press, overhead press, dumbbell curl, you name it.
Furthermore, every time I see a man at the gym bench pressing some godly amount, he tends to be on the short side.
In fact, there is a man at one of the chain clubs I work out at, who can bench press over 400 pounds. This man can’t be taller than 5-5.
Though a six foot tall woman isn’t necessarily stronger than a 5-3 woman (if she is stronger, in terms of absolute power, it has nothing to do with height) — the tall woman actually does have an advantage in certain situations.
Being six feet tall will not give this woman an advantage over a short woman in picking up a 30 pound sack of dog food from the floor.
However, what if both women are told to place that 30 pound bag on a shelf that’s 5’9” high?
The tall woman can place the heavy bag on the shelf without raising her elbows above her shoulders.
However, the short woman must raise her arms considerably above her shoulders to get the bag on the shelf.
Because she is shorter, she must perform a greater range of motion to make the reach, placing more stress on the shoulders – and this requires greater effort, more exertion, and hence, the task will be more difficult for her.
But this doesn’t mean she is physically weaker than the tall woman. In fact, the short gal may very well be stronger than her much taller friend.
Let’s see how well the taller woman does at hoisting a 30 pound bag atop a shelf that’s six inches above her head; for all we know, she may not even be able to do it.
- This task is not a test of absolute strength.
- It’s a task of efficiency; the shelf height forces the short woman to raise the bag much higher, relative to her shoulders.
When you think about it, there really isn’t any reason why a tall person should be stronger than a short person, as far as how much weight he or she can lift and push.
My short clients could biceps curl as much as my statuesque clients. My very tall clients struggled as much with pushups as did my short clients.
Tall people at gyms don’t bench press more than short people. A 6’2” man won’t leg press more weight than a 5’7” man simply because his legs are longer.
In summary, short people and tall people, when considered as part of the general population, have the same absolute strength.
The difficulty of a task isn’t always determined by raw muscle power, but rather, some relative extraneous variable that forces the short person to engage in a wider range of motion – which requires more effort.
The reverse may also apply to a person with very long legs or arms. For example, it will be more challenging for a very tall person to get out of a tiny car when compared to a short person.
Lorra Garrick is a former personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise. At Bally Total Fitness she trained clients of all ages for fat loss, muscle building, fitness and improved health.
Six Very Tall Women Explain Why They Love High Heels
Tall women and high heels go as wonderful together as do chocolate chip cookies and milk.
Believe it or not, some tall women who love wearing high heels used to hate high heels.
And then one day, they had an awakening and realized just how glam high heels make a tall woman look! Every woman deserves to feel sexy, and this includes tall women!
Critics will argue that high heels ruin feet. But my point is this: Women are always going to be wearing high heels. Tall women should be part of this fashion demographic as much as shorter women.
Avoid high heels if they hurt your feet, but NOT because OTHER people think you’re too tall to wear them! YOU are more important than someone else with a negative opinion of tall people.
If you’re a tall woman struggling to accept your height, then you can start by ignoring negative people and flaunting your height with high heels!
My mother always made sure that I stood up straight and was proud of my height.
Once when I was 14 years old (and 5-9) she took me shoe shopping. As we browsed the section with heels, I commented that I liked heels, but they make me too tall.
She nearly knocked me out and declared (at the top of her voice) that I could never be too tall and that everyone else is just too short!
We then spent the next 30 minutes trying on heels, and the smile on my mother’s face as I wobbled around the store in my first pair of heels was priceless!
-Che’von Slaughter, 5-11, 23, public relations, Los Angeles
I think the biggest turning point came when I broke up with a guy that was just my height.
I never wore heels when I was with him because I didn’t feel comfortable, but then I started dating and not really caring if I was taller or as tall as the guys I was going out with, and it made me realize how much I absolutely love wearing heels.
-Kate Rickard, 5-11, PR professional, New York City
I used to avoid wearing high heels for fear of towering over everyone in my presence. With age, I became more confident with myself. I thought, if other women look great in heels, won’t I?
– Katie Tsilimos, 24, 5-11, recruiter for a recruitment firm, Chicago
If you feel too tall to wear high heels, do this: Shop the Internet for the coolest or sexiest high heel shoes, and while you do so, forget about your height.
Make your shoe selection based entirely on what you see on the web site. If you prefer to look at shoes in person, do that instead. But again, don’t think about your height. Focus ON THE SHOE.
Then do it. BUY the shoes! Just do it. You can always return them. When the shoes arrive by mail order, or once you get home from the store with them, put them on with an outfit that suits them.
Take a few deep breaths and just do it: Go someplace where there are people. Tell yourself your bank account will grow by $10 every time someone stares at you. Stay out for 10 minutes.
Every day, repeat, and add on five minutes. At the end of these sessions, tell yourself, “I look hot!” Hating your height is a learned behavior. IT CAN BE UNLEARNED.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
Should Tall Women Wear High Heels to Please Their Husband?
What should reluctant tall women do when their husbands want them to wear high heels, even if it means the woman will be taller than her husband?
Is this akin to a man wanting his full-figured wife to wear skimpy lingerie?
I recently received an e-mail from a 6-1 tall woman who was repeatedly having spats with her husband (also 6-1) over high heels.
He keeps wanting her to wear three-inch high heels, and this tall woman absolutely refuses.
But she’s been compromising with two-inch heels. This doesn’t satisfy her husband. So what’s going on with her husband?
If you ask tall women who hate their height, hate wearing high heels, and always wish they were much shorter so they could feel “normal,” and “blend in,” I bet most would say that this man is being cruel.
They’d insist that such a man is adamant about his wife wearing high heels as a way to exert control.
Or maybe he just has a mean streak and he likes to hurt his wife’s feelings. I bet many tall women in this group would consider this man an insensitive clod, a total jerk.
Now, what kind of response would you get from the other group of tall women: those who love being tall, enjoy wearing high heels, love the attention, walk tall and proud, and wouldn’t trade their height for anything?
Their responses would be entirely different, I’m sure.
For instance, this second, confident group of tall women would praise the man for admiring his wife’s height, for loving it so much that he wants to see more of it with high heels, that he gets a kick out of it and is proud to show her off.
Or, according to this second group of tall women, this man is simply being the typical man, not at all insensitive, but simply expressing his desire to see a sexy pair of legs in a sexy pair of high heeled shoes.
High heels do turn on some men, and he’s probably one of them.
A third reason could be that he’s simply trying to build his wife’s self-confidence about her height.
Maybe he figures that once she wears three-inch high heels, there will be a breakthrough and she’ll, from that point on, embrace her height.
The second group of tall women would praise this man because he relishes his wife’s height, rather than the type of man who feels like “less of a man” if he’s with a woman who’s taller. This 6-1 woman should thank her lucky stars.
So what’s the verdict? Should tall women like this 6-1 woman wear high heels only because the husband desires it? Well, she’s already compromised with the two-inchers.
On the other hand, is it really a hardship to add just one more inch? Perhaps she could do this, but then confine wearing the high heels around the house.
If the husband insists they go out in public, then it’s clear he wants to show off his wife. The woman didn’t tell me why her husband wants the three-inchers.
But perhaps the husband’s reasoning is similar to a parent insisting that their child jump off the high dive once and for all.
We all know that once a person jumps off that high dive, a new level of self-assuredness instantly kicks in. Maybe this is what the husband has in mind.
On the other hand, it could be that he simply finds tall women beautiful; the taller, the better!
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
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Why Wearing Shoe Lifts Doesn’t Mean You’re Insecure or Vain
Wearing shoe lifts to look taller doesn’t mean you’re any more insecure than if you wore fake fingernails, clipped in a hair extension, or if you’re a man, put on some cologne or a hair piece.
So if you’re thinking of adding shoe lifts to your shoes to appear taller, then do it!
A woman may want to look taller without advertising it; a naturally taller look that is hidden inside her shoes in the form of shoe lifts. I’m 5-8 naturally, but people think I’m naturally taller because I wear one-inch shoe lifts in my athletic shoes.
These shoe lifts easily slip in and nobody knows they’re there. Several companies offer shoe lifts online.
Insecurity is not the issue.
Wanting to appear taller is. Just like some women want their fingernails to look longer and hence have fake tips applied, or their hair to appear longer and hence put in extensions. And they add length to their eyelashes, too!
The insecurity issue, however, seems to come up more commonly among men who want to appear taller.
Certainly, there are naturally six-foot men who actually wear one-inch shoe inserts. This isn’t insecurity any more than it is when he decides to wear a certain tie or grow a beard.
A man who stands 5-7 might want to wear shoe lifts — not so much because he feels insecure but to give him a little edge in the business world.
Shoe Lift Guide
First off, know that gel inserts might get confiscated during security checks at the airport — if you can believe that. It happened to me. The gel is sturdy, not like putty, but TSA went overboard.
The inserts should not be wooden-hard, yet not so soft that your body weight squishes them. You want the full effect of the shoe lift.
They come in different varieties such as for dress shoes, or three-quarter-length versus just big enough for the heel to make contact with.
I have found that shoe lifts higher than one and a quarter inch are not practical, because these will force the foot up so high, that the shoe will probably slip off when you’re walking.
Further, it will look like your foot isn’t all the way in the shoe. An observer, then, might suspect you have lifts, and the whole idea behind these is to look naturally taller, not artificially taller.
Even if you have long pants that will conceal this, consider the visibility when you sit down and your pants lift up.
And if nobody will see your feet when you’re seated, keep in mind that one and a HALF inch lifts will make it very easy for your shoes to slip off while walking.
Another thing to consider is if you’re wearing lifts at least one inch, this forces the top of the foot to press against the underside of the shoe tongue.
So if you’re seated and immobile for an extended period, this extra pressure could result in the top of the foot falling asleep or getting numb and tingly.
This is what happens with my one-inch lifts that are in my dress boots. If I’m seated, the top of my foot presses against the underside of the “tongue” area of the boot. It isn’t long before this gets uncomfortable.
Do not have shame in getting shoe lifts. This way to lengthen your apparent height, as far as an insecurity issue, is no different than applying lipstick to make one’s lips appear longer.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
5 Smart Dating Tips for Tall Women
First of all, ask yourself what kind of shoes you’d wear with that dynamite outfit if you were shorter.
Then, go buy yourself those shoes and wear them, even if you’re 6-2. That’s dating tip # 1 for tall women.
What tall women have to realize, when it comes to dating, is that they have an extraordinary advantage. They have an edge.
And once she realizes what this edge is, then she will be much more self-confident when it comes to meeting the opposite sex. And that’s dating tip #2 for tall women:
Realize that your height will help you quickly filter through all the frogs out there.
If men are intimidated by your height, then this is not the kind of guy you’d want to get involved with. You learn this quickly because he sees your height immediately.
But shorter women, whom these men are more attracted to, must waste time getting to know these men over a period of time before finally realizing that they’re shallow in character.
The tall woman finds this out immediately; the shorter lady winds up going on many dates before finding out.
If you had average height, would you be attracted to a fellow who’s intimidated by tall women? I don’t think so.
Dating tip #3 for tall women: Practice good posture. Slumping and slouching are real turn-offs and give off signs that you lack self-assuredness.
Just as you’d be turned off by a man who exudes lack of confidence and a lot of self-doubt, the same is true in reverse: Men are put off by slouching women who feel awkward about their bodies.
Dating tip #4 for tall women: You can boost self-confidence by memorizing some clever responses to throw at men who might say rude things to you about your height.
If a man questions why you’re wearing heels, tell him: “So I can see that bald spot on the top of your head,” or, “So I can make you realize how short you are.”
If a man asks you if you ever get mistaken for a man, tell him, “No. Do you?”
If a man asks how you got to be so tall, say, “My parents watered me every day when I was a child.”
Dating tip # 5 for tall women: It helps to realize that there’s another reason why some men are not interested in women of height — they just aren’t interested, that’s all.
They may also not be interested in blondes or women with straight hair, for that matter. Or short women. Or skinny gals.
Just like you yourself have physical requirements, such as you might be turned off by men who are too muscular, bearded, bald, geeky looking, potbellied, ded, etc.
Don’t take it personally if a man doesn’t care for tall ladies. This doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.
Think of how silly it would be if that bald skinny man thought something was wrong with him just because you’re not attracted to bald skinny guys.
If you’re a tall woman, review these dating tips and put them to work.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
“I’m so Tall: Will I Ever Find a Husband?”
For very tall women, worrying about ever finding a husband can be a very hardcore reality, being that many tall men go for “the short girls.”
Some tall women of at least six feet believe they have a very limited pool of men from which to choose, since hoards of men stand between 5-10 and six feet.
Tall women may believe a husband will never be in the picture because most men are not over 6-1; or, perhaps some tall women believe that few men under six feet would be interested in a woman of at least six feet.
There is a site for tall women that has a “tall quotes” page.
Tall women are welcome to post comments, and the concern over finding a husband comes up on a recurring basis.
Check out this posting, copied word-for-word, from the site:
6’2 1/2″ Gisele wrote (April 2nd 2009)
OMG, I feel so embarrassed in school. By the way, I turned 17 in January and I just feel soo insecure sometimes – it’s just too bad.
Sometimes I realise that some of the boys like me but they get intimidated by my height. It’s soo uncomfortable… it makes me wonder about my future husband.
There are a few boys around who are my height and sometimes even a bit taller but they go 4 shorter gils and it’s like “WHATT??”. My ideal guy is at least 6’1 1/2″ or 6’2″, my height. I need help people!
How can we help Gisele and tall women like her?
We need to first know if Gisele, and like-minded tall women, have automatically scratched shorter men off the list of potential husbands because they’d feel awkward looking down at their husband.
So that leaves only men over six feet, which greatly reduces the pool of husband prospects.
On the other hand, maybe Gisele wouldn’t mind at all dating a shorter man, but believes that shorter men wouldn’t be interested in her; or perhaps she’s approached many shorter men, and none were interested.
This is vital information, because if Gisele is open to dating shorter men, she’s already doing a good job of seeking out a possible husband.
But if Gisele, as well as other tall women, will not give shorter men a chance, due to 1) Feeling awkward, 2) Societal expectations that the man be taller than his woman, and 3) Not wanting to feel “huge” around a man, then Gisele is making a big mistake.
The funny thing about this is that many SHORT women face a similar problem!
Here we have quite a few tall women who simply will not give a man under six feet the time of day. She worries about finding a husband since fewer men are at least 6-1.
But if a short woman shares the same sentiment about not wanting a man under six feet, she sort of ends up in the same boat as tall women who won’t look at a shorter man!
A 5-3 woman wants a man who absolutely must be six feet minimum: This limits her choices.
However, the short woman actually has a better crack at finding a husband, because some tall men want only short women!
In fact, it’s not uncommon for tall women to point out that the short girls take men away from them.
This very complaint was posted in one of my other articles about tall women. I have also seen this complaint come up repeatedly on the “tall quotes” page of the Web site.
I’ve seen it on a few other threads on different sites about height and dating.
Short women want tall men to feel protected, since being short can make a woman feel vulnerable. Tall men who want short women want to play the role of protector; they’ll definitely feel this way if their lady is a shortie!
Gisele needs to be less restrictive on her height requirement, and hang out where many tall men gather, like at a health club.
Maybe she could learn volleyball and eventually join some leagues, including recreational level leagues.
She can place online and print ads that include her height. She can read these interviews with men who love tall women to keep her hopes up.
Source: tallwomen.org
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
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What Tall Women Dating Shorter Men & Vice Versa Must Know
I hope dating taller women doesn’t make you men feel like less of a man. You’d be no more of a man if you dated women shorter than yourselves.
It comes down to: What makes a man a man? Certainly not how tall his woman is.
I was inspired to write this after seeing a woman at the store who was at least four inches or so taller than me (I’m 5-8), and her boyfriend appeared to be around 5-10.
Both were wearing sandals, so regardless of their exact heights, the woman clearly had three inches on him.
They seemed happy together. And to think that a lot of men at 5-10 — average height for young American men — would feel ill at ease or not as macho if their women were tall…taller than themselves.
And to think that many tall women would be bothered if their men were three inches shorter.
What men need to realize is that you are whom you are, regardless of your woman’s height.
Men of average height look like men of average height, regardless of how tall the women they date are, or how tall the woman he marries is.
It’s sad, but true: Some men (and maybe that “some” is a tiny percentage, but nevertheless, it exists) would feel a threat to their manhood or manliness if they got involved with a tall women, even if the man’s height was 5-10 or even six feet.
And sadly, there exist tall women who’d feel “huge” or masculine with a shorter man. But a woman who’s 6-2 is still 6-2, whether her man is 5-11 or 6-7.
I certainly don’t think very tall women look shorter when they are standing next to even taller men.
Recently I was in the store and came up behind a man in the checkout line, who wasn’t that much taller than me.
In heels I’d be eye to eye with him easily. I pictured him with a six-foot-tall woman in heels.
It would have been impossible for this man to be perceived as less manly than he really was, no matter how tall his woman was, because this guy had exquisite muscular development. The bald head added to his machismo.
On the other hand, I see men all the time whom I perceive to be wimpy, nerdy or incapable of “protecting” a woman from a mugger…even though I’ve seen these men by themselves, having no idea what their women looked like.
In other words, the woman standing beside a man doesn’t make the man. The MAN makes the man. If a man is a wimp or a meek geek, this doesn’t change if his woman is shorter.
Even though that 5-10 man at the store had to look up at his woman when talking to her, I’m sure that he’s the one who’d change the flat tire if both were on the road; he’s the one who hauls out the heavy garbage; and he’s the one who’d confront the home intruder with a baseball bat.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
Tall Women, Short Men: A Woman Wants to Feel Protected
Many tall women claim that they don’t feel “protected” by a boyfriend unless the man is taller.
It’s common for women (and tall women are no exception) to want to feel “protected” by the man in her life.
What I have a problem with is this myth that a man must be taller than a women in order to have protective qualities.
A man who’s taller than his tall girlfriend can’t necessarily fight better than a man who’s shorter.
Being tall is worthless if you can’t throw a punch.
Tall women should ditch the idea that a shorter man cannot protect her. Taller men aren’t necessarily stronger, either.
There are short men who can throw very mean punches and move as quick as a panther.
If tall women don’t like the aesthetics of a shorter man, that’s more understandable. But to be comfortable ONLY with taller men just because of this “protection” thing ??
Oddly, there ARE tall women who say one of the advantages to being very tall is that they feel safer; a 5-10 man would rather attempt a rape on a 5-5 random woman than a six foot tall random woman.
The average American male stands 5-10. I wonder what the average height difference is between rapists and their victims — when the victims didn’t know the rapist.
I’d bet that in most cases, the rapist is at least four inches taller, and in very rare cases, the woman sees eye to eye with the rapist, and in extremely rare cases, she’s taller — as it, once again, applies to victims who did NOT know their attackers.
This desire to “feel protected” seems to arise from factors unrelated to height (hence, why tall women are capable of feeling this need as much as short women), but more related to all the factors in a woman’s past that contribute to her sense of self-worth, self-confidence and self-reliance.
Evolutionary scientists believe that a woman’s burning desire for a taller man roots back to evolution.
On the other hand, many tall women insist a man be taller simply because of appearances.
Another reason is, unfortunately, the woman worrying what others will think if the top of her boyfriend’s head comes up to her eyes.
But back to this idea that a woman won’t feel secure and protected unless her boyfriend or husband is taller than her.
This means that a 5-7 man would be great at protecting his 5-2 girlfriend, yet lousy at protecting his 5-11 girlfriend —
EVEN THOUGH the thug he’s protecting them against is the SAME PERSON!
So according to the logic of these tall women, a 5-7 man is capable of beating up the 5-7 or 5-11 thug ONLY if the girlfriend is shorter!
But if she’s taller than the boyfriend, he suddenly can’t throw a punch!
Please Lord, help me understand why some (not all, but some, and maybe only a small percentage at that) tall women don’t feel safe with a shorter man. Really, whom do you think could protect you better: 5-7 Fonzie or 6-3 Kramer?
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
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Tall Women Preferred By These Three Men
Attention to all tall women: You have fans! End the slouching and avoiding high heels — I interviewed three men who LOVE tall women — and I don’t just mean 5-8 or 5-9, but over six feet tall!
These three men represent only a fraction of the many men out there who think tall women are goddesses.
So to all tall women who have a habit of letting self-consciousness or people’s dumb comments and questions ruin your life: These three men find tall women very attractive.
What tall women must realize is that not all men prefer “the short gals,” and not all men, who like tall women, are super tall men themselves.
Also, not all men who like tall women are short men, which is another stereotype directed at men who prefer tall women.
There is nothing wrong with the men who love tall ladies. In fact, I’d say there’s something very right about such men!
I’m 5-8 and I’d be lying if I said I never worried that my ideal man has crossed paths with me but looked straight past me because I wasn’t tall enough for him!
Here are the men
Jim McClure, 6-3, 47, publicist/writer from Arlington Heights, IL
Jim’s preferred height range for women is 5-6 to 6-1.
He says: “I do like the idea of them wearing high heels, not so much from the style aspect, but that it speaks to a woman’s confidence and comfort with the way God made her.
“I like women tall because it is much easier to look them in the eye. From both a friendship and a romantic perspective, that means a lot. Eyes are often what attract people; why have to strain yourself looking at or for them?
“Although close dancing is a lost art, the idea of dating someone taller who is at or near your height is attractive too. Much easier to communicate and easier on the back in the dance hall!”
Michael Luchies, 6-0, 23, Content Producer from Peoria, IL
Michael’s prefers them to be 5-9 to 6-4.
He says: “I like a long athletic build, and nice long legs. It does not bother me at all if a woman is taller than me. It would not be a turn off and I would not be embarrassed to be anywhere with her, even if people were looking.
“Men who are ‘intimidated’ by taller women are missing out on some great women. You can’t be discriminatory against women who are taller than you are.
“This is the same as any discrimination. I would not ‘not’ give a girl a chance who is skinny, thick, short, tall, red, green, etc. 6’4 is not a ceiling; depending on her personality and morals, I would consider a woman at any height. If she was taller than me, I would prefer her not to wear high heels.”
Jim Clayton, 5-10, 51, Content Producer from Richmond, VA
Jim says: “While happily married now, I was on the ‘market’ for a number of years between marriages. I loved women up to about 6′ or so. I loved the classic ‘Rubenesque’ woman.
“Tall women spread the curviness over a broader area. More to love. I’ve always felt that taller women carried off the curvy thing in a more appealing way.
“I like ’em to be proportional. I think a nice size 16, perhaps an 18, if properly proportioned, is exceptionally attractive, and for that to be successfully carried off, it requires a lot of woman, hence the taller ones pull it off better.
“In college I dated a girl for almost five years. She was 5’9” about 210, but every single pound was in the right place – all boobs, thighs and butt. She was the epitome of curvy and proportional.”
