ppl that are 5 '2 or shorter, hear me out.

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  • alzaman5925
    alzaman5925 Posts: 64 Member
    I'm 5'4''. Studies do show that there is a lot of discrimination against shorter men. They can even break it down into how many thousands of dollars of income each inch is worth for an average American male.

    Short women probably deal with a lot of crap too, but its not as systematic and there are some pluses for short women in the dating game. Big minuses for short guys.

    I really agree with this. Shorter men have it much worse. Somehow it's a much less forgiving situation.
  • WickedBean
    WickedBean Posts: 244 Member
    I am 4'9.5" tall. I am 29 years old and I can honestly tell you that no one dares tell me to shut up. I used to get walked all over and now... not so much I think it all depends on how you carry yourself. And if someone tires to ignore me.. yeah that doesn't fly. my boss always laughs when people ignore me because I just do not go away.

    Make it known that you dislike being talked down to, and that if they do they will regret it. You do not need to be rude, I am a very polite person and I have never in my adult life been told to shut up by anyone who wasn't my family.
  • tabbyhuber
    tabbyhuber Posts: 3
    i'm not short. I'm 5'8.5, that woman is soooo rude. WTF! Who does that? I don't disrespect people for there height. How ever I sometimes say things that I don't relies hurts people. Like this girl at my work is really short and every time she reaches for something high I ask if she want's help or a chair or something. I mean well by this but apparently she HATES it. My bad. :/

    I'm jealous of short people, you can wear heels and not tower over guys. You look cute in everything. If you stumble or trip it makes you look goofy. If I trip I look like a big clutz. Short people have a lot of advantages. plus you can weigh less. average for 5'2 is 110 average for 5'8 is 140. -_-

    I am 5'1 on a good day..I would KILL to be as tall as you...I wouldn't mind looking like a big clutz if I trip, if it meant I could walk into a store and buy a pair of pants and not have to get the bottom 6 inches cut off because the stores assume everyone is tall and even the "short" pants are too long....being short sucks!
  • sbilyeu75
    sbilyeu75 Posts: 567 Member
    I don't think this has anything to do with height. It sounds like it has more to do with self confidence. I've always been short, but believe me, I'll be damned if anyone would talk to me that way and get away with it.
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    People are freaking rude.

    I get all kinds of condescension for how I look. I'm small, blonde, and if I'm not dressed well I look about 16 years old (I'm 28.) People assume all kinds of horrible things about me, none of which are true.

    Bottom line: I know how you feel. I developed a very assertive attitude with strangers as a result and I've found that it helps.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I'm 5'2", have always looked a lot younger than my age, and no one - NO ONE has ever treated me like that. It's how you project yourself - I tend to project "Don't Eff With Me".
  • dutchesse
    dutchesse Posts: 11
    As someone who is 5'0"--yes. I get this from my own friends all the time. "You're so tiny!", "Well, you're so small that..." so on and so forth. It's aggravating to be constantly told how small I am, as if I've never noticed this fact before.

    NO, REALLY? AM I? I COULDN'T TELL BY THE FACT I WAS ECLIPSED BY EVERYONE ELSE. Thank you so much!

    I get a lot of condescension thrown my way and it's aggravating. I fight back by typically either trying to be witty (key word: trying) or at least fighting back. I'm a fairly aggressive person to begin with so condescension doesn't stand for long with me.
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
    I was mistaken for a middle school student when I was in my mid 30s. Mortifying.

    I'm 5'8, I just look very very young and it does cause grief in my life due to people being disrespectful towards me because of the age they think I am. Especially the PTA nut jobs. My husband just thinks I should go along with them thinking I was 14 when I had my daughter.
  • DaysFlyBy
    DaysFlyBy Posts: 243 Member
    I'm 5'4''. Studies do show that there is a lot of discrimination against shorter men. They can even break it down into how many thousands of dollars of g income each inch is worth for an average American male.

    Short women probably deal with a lot of crap too, but its not as systematic and there are some pluses for short women in the dating game. Big minuses for short guys.

    I'm 5'1” and dated a guy for awhile who was only 5'5”, max. I loved it. It was the best fit ever...physically, lol. He was so ridiculously good looking, too. Damn. I don't think his height ever factored into his success with dating. I bet short girls have zero problem with your height. And there are a lot of us around....just sayin' lol.
  • pain_is_weakness
    pain_is_weakness Posts: 798 Member
    I am 5'3" and I have people who try to walk all over me. My husband being one of them. he is a Marine and likes to yell and talk down to people, so one day I stood on the bed and yelled at him "how do you like someone your own size yelling at you Biotch! Wanna be an *kitten*, say something!"

    Sometimes I have to be very assertive, when working I have to dress very professional and ladylike if I wea rpants I think i look more kid like. But because i am very careful about how I conduct myself including how I speak, I always have people who feel i am older than I am but tell me I look very young.

    Some people will try to wal all over you, but 50% of the blame is on how you assert yourself, including adult confrontations and how you speka back to them.
  • FluffyToFab
    FluffyToFab Posts: 99 Member


    I'm jealous of short people, you can wear heels and not tower over guys. You look cute in everything. If you stumble or trip it makes you look goofy. If I trip I look like a big clutz. Short people have a lot of advantages. plus you can weigh less. average for 5'2 is 110 average for 5'8 is 140. -_-

    While that's true.. you look good at 140 and I look like I am 180.. I'm only 5ft and weigh 164... I bet you would look awesome (not stick thin but curvy sexy) I look like an oompa loompa.. There is advantages and disadvantages to both sides.. I have to sit as close to the steering wheel as I can to reach the gas pedal, I can't drive my husbands Durango because I can't see over the dash, I get mistaken for being in high school still and I am 28!!! People think my 9 year old son is my brother, I have to use a ladle to get anything from the top shelf in my kitchen, I have to ask people for help at the grocery store or climb the shelves, I can never find pants that are short enough to fit me, capri's look like high waters.. I could go on and on!

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