I thought 5'10" was tall for a guy!

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norseamd

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Because people will think that the buff person knows he's short and is trying to make up for it by having muscles (i.e. try to appear more masculine in other ways since he's lacking the most important masculine trait: height).

Note that the key here is, "people will think." That may not be true, but people generalize and stereotype and are pretty cynical.

And again, I'm a smidge below 5'4" so I've heard all the crap thrown at short people and have been made fun of non-stop for it. It makes me laugh now and I don't care. I'm short, no shit?

So why is height more masculine than weight?
 

Genx87

Lifer
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That graph with the height is pretty funny.

Now why dont they make a more realistic graph that pits income and wealth vs odds of getting pussy or committing suicide.
 
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5'10" is average for a man in the US. Depending on where you live it might be below average. Where I live there are many people of German and Scandinavian descent, and I'm fairly certain 5'10" would be below average here.
 

norseamd

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5'10" is average for a man in the US. Depending on where you live it might be below average. Where I live there are many people of German and Scandinavian descent, and I'm fairly certain 5'10" would be below average here.

Probably not by much.

Averages actually do not vary that much around the world right now. Minus areas with bad nutrition like North Korea, most areas whether in Europe or Africa tend to stay between 5'9" to 5'11" or so.