I am totally with you on this. I definitely feel more manly =P Especially when I'm at least a head above my friend's.

I went to a dinner last night for a friend's birthday and, looking at the pictures, I was honestly shocked. It was the first time in my life that I was one of the smallest ones there - I'm still very tall, but I clearly did not look big.
First time I've ever seen myself that way. It was awesome.

Bigger, definitely yes. But the accompanying adjective is not manly. It's smarter, more confident, more competent, leader, etc. All those positive qualities men get assigned without having to do anything about it. I LOVE my tallness accompanied by smartness and confidence!

I agree with this completely. I don't feel manly at all. I may be taller than other women, but I love that feeling. I have a very womanly shape, and feel like I am proportionate from top to bottom. If I were more boxy, I might feel manly. But I relish the fact that men will check me out before they will check out my short friends. Men are drawn to tall women )

Yeah, I can feel a bit out of place about my height, especially when in the company of other women. Most of the time I don't notice it and it doesn't bother me, but sometimes I am acutely aware of being the 'gargantuan'. I wonder if this will change as my width reduces?

My lovely boyfriend makes the effort every now and again to twirl me around, because, for me, being twirled on the dancefloor is the epitome of petiteness and being girly. Silly? Maybe

I've always seen myself as very feminine, both in personality/demeanor and aesthetically, but when it comes to men.. I, more now than ever, feel like they don't see me as feminine "enough" because of my height. It's weird, I got way, way more attention when I was heavy. I thought once I got thin guys would approach me, life would be grand, but now I feel more lonely and insecure than ever before. I feel like they automatically write me off because of my height and my larger build. It sucks because I get angry at myself for feeling this way, because I am so proud of my height and am so against society's ****ed up notion that women should be smaller than/"protected" by their male partner. But I do think it hurts the most because I know that this is widely accepted as truth by many, especially, being where I'm from, where the population is heavily dominantly Asian. I always see men with women shorter (often much shorter) than them, regardless of ethnicity or build. Apparently, it's ok to be overweight and short, but being tall and lithe now renders me some kind of circus freak. Whatever

I defintely feel bigger than other women. My husband's side of the family is short and petite, I always feel like the jolly green giant next to them. Even when I'm thin, in pictures, I still look SO MUCH larger next to them. As for feeling manly? I spent many years ONLY being able to find clothes in the men's section (jeans, coats, etc). I hate to wear dresses, and I'm not a pink type girly-girl. I HAVE been called "sir" from people who happen to be standing behind me when my hair is short. I am very independent, strong willed, and my husband cries more often than I do. I have awesome skills that others consider manly - I'm very handy with a screwdriver or drill and I am good at building stuff from wood. Does that make me feel more manly? No, it just makes me feel like I don't need to rely on others, that I can do whatever I want when I want because I am strong, independent, and confident in my skills.

I always feel like a lump, esp if I wear heels. Worse when I am very overweight, I want to be slimmer & toned so that it at least takes something away from my large frame & height. don't get me wrong, love being tall but having big boobs & excess weight, is just too much.

I don't really feel manly. Maybe it's b/c I am kinda girly. I like makeup and hair. I like pink. (although I rarely wear skirts or dresses. Hmmm). I have never minded being tall too much, so I don't associate it with much negativity.

I am aware that I am tall, but sometimes I'm surprised how much bigger I am when I see a photo of myself with others. Depending on the person, sometimes I feel like a different species, almost. It's like everything is proportionally bigger. Head, arms, bust... KWIM? It's like I don't really "get it" until I see a photo.

I've had a few close girlfriends at different times of my life who were very petite and brunette. Never gave much thought to it at the time, but when we went out we must have looked like a funny pair.

My height bothered me when I was a teen. I am 6 feet tall. However that no longer bothers me. Now I just hate being bigger than everyone. Especially in pictures.

I seem to be on the short side of the tall issue--5'9". Most of the time I don't even notice my height, except in large groups of people. I am then amazed that so many people (men and women) are shorter than me. I wear heels, like skirts and have a woman's upper body, but a man's hips and rear. I have been told twice that I would be a great weightlifter if I were a man since I seem to have the built in 'V" physique with broad shoulders and all. I married a 6'5" man and now have three beautiful children. A girl who is 5'11", a son who is 6'2" and another son who is 6'5" (and still growing slowly). I feel like I have to be a role-model for my daughter in particular, but I really do wonder what it would be like to be 5'2"; oh wait, I think I do remember. I was in 5th grade and taller than everyone else in the 5th grade. I have the pictures to prove it