<p>I’m 5’10 and I could never date a girl who was taller than me. I don’t know why a woman would date a shorter guy. Shorter women have larger dating pools.</p>
<p>I have heard it said that women prefer men who are 1.1 times their own height–too tall or too short and the relationship is strained.</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, women prefer V-shaped torsos to pure muscle mass. The 120lb XC runner with broad shoulders wins out over the fat, 250lb football linesman, no matter how much weight they can respectively bench.</p>
<p>I’m saying, a guy with Herculean biceps may feel good about himself, but if he doesn’t have a V-shaped torso, it’s all for nothing. Might be different overseas, but over here, the typical football quarterback’s physique is the paradigm that everyone tries to emulate. </p>
<p>My point is that you don’t need to be huge to be physically attractive. Like you say, you just need to be fit. Shoulders are more important than biceps. The bench is a better friend to you that the curling bar. You can be attractive to women even if you’re on the skinny side, so long as you have a V-shaped torso (your “v” can be lowercase ).</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t dispute any of that, it was the fact that you said ‘contrary to popular perception’ when in fact that is the perception. It’s not new news. </p>
<p>Also, you can only generalise with those sort of statements. There are women who prefer Herculean biceps (even if they aren’t completely slim) to a skinny guy who has a V by default because he has no body fat.</p>
<p>Huh, I’ve never paid attention to guys’ torsos, but now that you mention it, nice shoulders on a guys are attractive. They’re kind of like a frame for the collarbone/neck area and face.</p>
<p>Though as a 5’1 girl, I think dating anyone over 6’ would be physically awkward for both of us. I’ve never found a guy shorter than me, so can’t say anything for that end of the spectrum.</p>
<p>Clepsydra - I’ve been with girls about your heigh (I’m 5’11) and it was fine, it worked well. Saying that they weren’t really relationships, it was mainly physical so I’m not sure how it works in the long term.</p>
<p>It’s a strange topic to discuss here. but WTH.
I don’t think height is a problem. At least so far it hasn’t been.
In terms of intelligence, test scores, etc… if I had talked about this a year ago, my argument would be different but -
I never found any guy attractive, until I went to CTY. so I somehow concluded that guys who can get into CTY (or equivalent) are more interesting, we have more things to share, to laugh about, to have fun with. I guess my point is, academic performance to a large degree reflects a person’s intellect. I find guys with poor grades most likely don’t know much about the world and books, movies, music, etc., and therefore, unbearably borning.</p>
<p>@keeidy: really? I prefer girls who are taller than me.</p>
<p>As for male physique…I’m not as into the “football” body. More the “swimmer” or “rower” body.</p>
<p>And height…I think most girls just want a certain amount of height difference.*I want at least four inches in general, and I’m under 5’4" so that’s not super high-maintenance. [taller is better though…I do go for tall guys ]</p>
<p>Shmluza: That’s a major generalization. Harry Truman-Never went to college, one of the most cultured and intelligent Presidents. Dubya-Yale and Harvard (albeit this because of his daddy), not very intelligent or cultured.</p>
<p>I’m 5’6, and a girl. For being a sophomore, it puts me as taller than a lot of guys my age, but I don’t really date people my age anyways. It would be awkward dating somebody noticeably shorter than me? We could be the same height, and if it was half an inch I wouldn’t mind. I just think it would be physically awkward if they were ridiculously shorter than me. I’m not going to say I won’t ever date a guy shorter than me, but the guys I happen to be attracted to are at least two or three inches taller than me.</p>
<p>I prefer girls who are relatively close to my height. It’s really awkward to have someone towering over you or to be afraid of squishing someone. </p>
<p>I’m a girl and 5’3". I would rather the guy be taller than me but same height is alright. I don’t know if I would date someone shorter; I’ve never been attracted to any guys shorter than me, maybe some day I will be.</p>
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