• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m gonna be honest, I’ve never watched these manosphere losers, but there are enough “no manlets” or “nobody under 6ft” ass women out there (mostly on dating sites, unfortunately which have become the primary way people meet partners these days) that the manosphere doesn’t need to try hard to sell that one, women sell it themselves like an updated version of men wearing “no fat chicks” shirts in the 80s. Never seen “only short guys” or “nobody over 6ft” either, in contrast. There’s “chubby chasers,” where my “shorty seekers” at?

    I know there are women out there that do date short guys and one shouldn’t let the demoralizing messages from what I’m sure are horrible people anyway get to them, but ask a girl who was fat in the 80s, it isn’t fun to see even though there are guys who are fine with fat chicks.

    • Spitefire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I haven’t seen this mentioned elsewhere, but at least in my anecdotal experience women seeking taller men is another symptom of patriarchy being toxic to everybody.

      When I was growing up the pressure on women was to be as thin as possible - in essence, take up as little space as possible. I love the body positivity movement for starting to change that mentality but for me the damage was done in my formative years and has never gone away. It has resulted in me being physically uncomfortable if I am the biggest person in the room. The taller/broader a guy, the smaller I am by comparison. It’s completely fucked up, I’m quite tall so there are LOTS of incredibly attractive men shorter/thinner than me but I could not have been comfortable dating any of them without a lot of therapy for myself first.

      I never put anything like “nobody under 6ft” on a dating profile, though, so maybe I’m off-base.