[nuancebydefault]

I haven't looked at this topic this way, but now this really does make sense! I remember a lady asking me once how tall I am. I'm rather tall and in fact I don't like being asked that, since it is obvious that I am tall and the actual number does not matter. I responded with my height and immediately asked: what is your weight? Wrong question. In my male brain it was an equal kind of question. In the female brain totally not.

[kulahan]

Probably because it's a completely unrelated question. Height and weight are only similar in that they're both descriptors of something physical. That's... pretty much it. Height is basically immutable. More of it is not bad. Less of it is not bad. It's not particularly reflective of lifestyle outside of simply not being malnourished. It's just... there.

Weight, obviously, is nothing like this. It absolutely comes off like you're trying to be snarky.

[diordiderot]

> Less of it is not bad.

Many men would disagree. Many women would also disagree.

Edit: I also thought that immutable characteristics where the ones we should be most sensitive towards

[em-bee]

she was trying to calcute your BMI ;-)

but yeah, that's a conversation i would have with my doctor, not an acquaintance.