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@Kate
Kate Matsuda · 12 answers · 6y

When you are female, would you/have you accepted a smaller than yourself partner? When you are male, would you/have you accepted a taller than yourself partner? The stereotype is that women prefer taller partners and vice versa. Do you have a preference?

I don't mind shorter but if they're also small framed I wouldn't likely be attracted to them. you'd be hard pressed to find a smaller boy. I'm not attracted to very slim people

@Veronique
Veronique · 5y

I would, yes, but I'm 4'11'' so in defence of moi, aside from Peter Dinklage, there are very few men who are smaller than me. I happen to be married to somebody over 6 foot, but that just turned out that way, it wasn't deliberate.

@Bored2018
NicoleD.2021 · 5y

I like 'em tall.... I like 'em small...

@Andy
Pandy · 5y

I didn't even know about this stereotype. I don't have height related preferences.

@arman
Arman · 6y

I find tall women attractive. They probably wouldn't want to date a guy of mediocre height though.
Interesting post I found: https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCritical/comments/bw49up/some_guy_wrote_a_bad_fanfiction_for_me/

On there, someone suggested that (butch) lesbians don't care about looks.. I've seen some say this elsewhere too. As a lesbian, what do you think of this.. do you care about looks less than non-lesbians?

@board
Karen's boyfriend · 6y

Any height is fine. They just have to be able to dunk.

@Commons
Commons · 6y

I'd prefer a girl who's the same height or shorter, but I would accept a taller girl. My current girlfriend is about a half inch to an inch taller than me, I think.

@ColorStorm
inhahe · 6y

I like tall women

@JeffSmith
J1smith · 6y

I like women who are just slightly taller than me but around the same height (I'm 5'0). I feel like 5'2-5'4 is the ideal, and things start to get awkward around 5'7 and above. I have had a quick fling with someone who was ~4'11 I believe but when we went to a bar together everyone thought we were little kids

@nachopee
Teo · 6y

I've had mostly partners who were taller. One who was smaller. I remember a friend commenting to me on his height. It's not something I ever really noticed in relation to the person he was.

@Spudella
Spudella · 6y

Nah, no preference. It's not like I can be that demanding about anybody's height, I'm not that tall myself. Just don't be giggling when I have to get the stepstool to reach the top shelf of the pantry is all I ask :-P

@RetroKnight
Sean ⚡🤖 · 6y

Well I'm 5 feet tall (152cm), so I don't "please be taller than me" is too much of an unreasonable demand. I haven't dated any men in years though.

@ZouBisouBisou
Alice 💋 · 6y

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