Why are taller guys usually more popular than short guys?

Question

Why are guys who are tall usually more popular than short guys? It always seems the short guys are usually not popular, but the popular guys are usually tall?

Answer 1

I found this on Google Answers, hope it helps.

There is overwhelming research that tall men are perceived as

better-looking than short men; that they attract more women than do

short men; are more likely than short men to marry and/or have

children, and have more children than do short men, and are more

likely than short men to impress potential employers.

Since the perception of tall men is so favorable, the apparent,

resulting psychological syndrome which afflicts tall men --while not

formally named -- seems to amount to "feelin' good."

This study from Allegheny College in PA found "[p]hotographs of males

were rated as more attractive by female subjects when the males were

depicted as tall":

http://webpub.allegheny.edu/employee/d/d...  

Here's an ABC News story, "Tall Men Get The Girls," at:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/scien...

The BBC News Web site asked its international audience: "Tall Men:

Does Size Matter?" The reaction from readers was clear and

overwhelming: tall men are considered more attractive than short men,

and tall men, by virtue of being tall, attract more attention!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point...

See a similar discussion at SignOnSanDiego:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/forums/upl...

" . . .shorter height predicts less later job success; there is an

apparent workplace bias that favors taller people." Excerpted

from the March 1999 issue of "Psychology: Science And Understanding"

magazine:

http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/intro/caf...

Height seems to be a very important issue to men, in terms of positive

body image and overall self-esteem, This study of "Adolescent Male

Athletes: Body Image, Diet, and Exercise," printed in the Fall 1997,

Vol. 32 issue of "Adolescence" reports that:

" . .  . However, there was a significant difference in the main

effect for both groups with respect to current and desired height (F =

60.453, p = .0001). Both groups wanted to be taller."

http://npin.org/library/2003/n00788/n007...

" . . . Tall males can overcome the attributions of weakness,

non-assertiveness and nurturance that tend to be associated with

baby-like facial features." From "Human Communication as a Primate

Heritage," at the University of Toronto:

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyb...

"What Do Women Want? Nature Serves Up a Tall Order," by Sean Swint, in

this January 12, 2000 article which examines a study of Polish men

performed by researchers from the University of Liverpool:

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/23/1...

". . .'taller men are reproductively more successful than shorter men,

indicating that there is active selection for stature in male partners

by women'. . . . There are two schools of thought in sexual selection

theory about those fundamental desires . . . One, that passed down

through the hunter-gatherer, agricultural history of modern man, is a

sense among women that tallness gives an advantage because it

signifies strength. Additionally, tallness could also be a marker for

good genes . . . . The second reason, according to [Dr. R.I.M.]Dunbar,

is possibly more crucial to the mating decision. Tallness, he says,

could signal'the quality of the rearing environment that the male had

when he was young. . . because to get big you not only need genes for

tallness, but you need a good environment,' one that is healthy and

provides good nutrition."

On August 14, 2002, the BBC reported that "Tall men 'top husband

stakes'":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/219046...

"'It seems that tall men and petite women are favoured in evolutionary

terms, even in a modern population, so the height difference between

men and women is unlikely to disappear'" says Daniel Nettle of the

Open University. . . . The finding will come as no surprise to

evolutionary biologists. Some have long postulated a positive link

between male reproductive success and lofty stature."  However,

"'There is no evidence that these choices are actually favoured in

evolutionary terms,' says Adam Eyre-Walker from the Centre for the

Study of Evolution at the University of Sussex, Brighton. He says the

study was done on British people, so all we may be seeing is the

influence of culture."

The August 16, 2003 edition of the Deccan Herald News (Bangalore,

India) contains the article "SWEET AND SOUR Long and short of it": "An

American research organisation has come to the conclusion that tall

men get a better deal in life than their shorter cousins. . . .

Another researcher has discovered that nearly 80 per cent of American

senior executives are over six feet tall as were most heads of US

government starting with Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, the

Roosevelts and Kennedy. In every presidential election, it was the

taller candidate who won."

http://www.deccanherald.com

Answer 2

Because they are the ones who are seen from across the room.

Answer 3

i think this is all in your mind mate,ive never noticed this pattern of behaviour,if someones good company there height doesnt come in to play at all,im 5,10 which is about average id say,im guessing your a tall guy.

Answer 4

I think it is because height is associated with maniless. And everyone likes a manly man!

Answer 5

popular. 5'

Answer 6

Well, do you like pretty girls or ugly girls? Do you like a girl with a nice body shape or a fat girl? It's along those same lines. Why would a female prefer a short man?

Answer 7

Girls like tall guys cause they find the suggestion of power attractive. And guys like tall guys they pull in the chicks better

Answer 8

Most women like to wear spikes on their wedding night.  If she is a little lower in height, the picture always looks better.

Answer 9

I would rather go out with a short guy than a tall guy. I am 5'4 and I wouldn't mind dating someone who was my height.

Answer 10

ask a tall guy

Answer 11

Danny Devito is popular.