norseamd
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- Dec 13, 2013
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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?