Heightism
Does your height shape who you are? I often find when I’m wondering around my daily life I get a few odd stares and glances by interested passer bys. Just the other day on my way to meet Suze for some last minute shopping, a couple of builders shouted at me across the street: “Oi, Miss what’s the weather like up there?” To which I replied “What’s the weather like down there”-Grrr! It frustrates me so much; I mean people automatically assume that because you are tall you like to be constantly reminded of it! I mean, I don’t ask short people if they play miniature golf!
Celebrities including Nicole Kidman, at 5ft 11in, have hardly been held back (Although her heels remained suprisingly absent while married to the significantly shorter Tom Cruise) Or Uma Thurman, at 6ft. Jodie Kidd, another six-footer, also insists her height has rarely been a handicap: "I've always been very content with the way I look. The only time I found being so tall a problem was when I was show jumping, my feet used to hang down and knock down all the fences."
People have the perception that if you are tall you are independent and more self reliant than a shorter women. It’s not as if just because you are tall you have more power over people. Tall women like the idea of feeling protected too!
One of my friends is almost supermodel height, yet she is always pursued by men who measure average height or below. She is always complaining that men taller than her rarely ever hit on her. In her eyes, all the tall men are being scooped up by the short women, leaving the short men for the tall women. It’s a dating jungle out there!
Although really she loves the attention of being the tall woman in the relationship and wouldn’t have it any other way!
There’s no pleasing some people…
Posted at 11:25AM Mar 17, 2009 by Long Tall Sally Admin in "Sam" Comments (1)
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