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by epvgwwqe 1504 days ago
This is a bad case of body dysmorphia. The amount of variance in mating success attributed to a 3 inch difference in height is far less than improvements in personality/fitness/success can account for. Not condoning by any means women crapping on short guys, but empirically women readily change their stated height preferences in the face of other outlying factors. In contrast, it's much harder for women to change their level of desirability.
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"empirically" can you show the study that says this?

You are saying it's easier for short men to grow several inches than for a woman to change her desirability?