tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73488019800539184142024-03-13T04:40:19.422-07:00The Height of Prejudice"The bias towards tallness is one of society's most blatant and forgiven prejudices." - John Kenneth GalbraithHeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comBlogger410125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-82613041837357003392021-01-15T15:19:00.006-08:002021-01-15T15:27:39.932-08:00The Gaslighting of Short MenOn one hand, when Ben Shapiro lies about his height, it's compared to pretending to be more intelligent:<div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMVrbBBTNV0/YAIjhj9FuaI/AAAAAAAAAFo/syEpWyDBPnQd6TNar1ur7zbZAw7EX9uXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s810/Untitled.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="810" height="81" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMVrbBBTNV0/YAIjhj9FuaI/AAAAAAAAAFo/syEpWyDBPnQd6TNar1ur7zbZAw7EX9uXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w664-h81/Untitled.png" width="664" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Sperm banks also ban all short men from donating. Basically, <a href="https://imgur.com/a/8TJan" target="_blank">it's clear how shortness in men is viewed</a>.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>But on the other hand, there are people who will randomly say "why is every leftist man 5'8?" then gaslight anyone who thinks this was meant negatively:</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2SGFpLAQwDM/YAIhJMvSNVI/AAAAAAAAAFU/TlCLVFYd-2Ye4obo-oZGuD1eoYPn4nR4wCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="724" height="418" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2SGFpLAQwDM/YAIhJMvSNVI/AAAAAAAAAFU/TlCLVFYd-2Ye4obo-oZGuD1eoYPn4nR4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w348-h418/image.png" width="348" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Suddenly, it's all in your head. You're projecting if you think people don't like short guys. 😒</div></div></div>HeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-79520948306830400852020-10-08T05:42:00.012-07:002020-10-08T06:47:49.663-07:00Short Pro Wrestler Tries to Call Out Society's Double Standard Regarding Height<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M4sXiH676f8/X38Dsf0yIoI/AAAAAAAAAD8/hRzwZS6_FqEvBQf__ve64626ClJKp-uWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s588/jg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="588" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M4sXiH676f8/X38Dsf0yIoI/AAAAAAAAAD8/hRzwZS6_FqEvBQf__ve64626ClJKp-uWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jg.png" width="320" /></a></div>I say "tries to" because she was met with the usual suspects in the replies.<p></p><p>The most common excuse for the double standard is that society hates fat people more than short people:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9nVVmteguc/X38NElfoykI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tKprdtCZRPoA4OPBpWZ2Aib8wblnt8cMACLcBGAsYHQ/s565/Untitled.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="565" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9nVVmteguc/X38NElfoykI/AAAAAAAAAEI/tKprdtCZRPoA4OPBpWZ2Aib8wblnt8cMACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Untitled.png" width="320" /></a></div>What proof do they have for this claim? Especially considering how I can prove the opposite quite easily using both <a href="https://imgur.com/a/8TJan" target="_blank">anecdotal</a> and <a href="https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2015/07/examples-of-heightism-as-institutional.html" target="_blank">statistical</a> evidence. As for the medical issue, what do fat people expect? It's literally logistics. It's insane how weight is controllable, yet the world is expected to change to accommodate the morbidly obese. Instead of taking responsibility and losing weight in order to fit something, they want it the other way around, and it's considered oppression when they don't get their way: [<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/511xiu/decision_to_deny_surgery_to_obese_patients_is/" target="_blank">1</a>][<a href="https://imgur.com/a3jK3ts" target="_blank">2</a>]. <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/karen-garloch/article134223889.html" target="_blank">Heavy smokers are also often denied medical care</a>, should they be a protected group too? We're expected to view fat people the same way as a disabled person or a racial minority, when in reality fat people have more in common with a drug addict. It shouldn't be okay to bully a junkie, but let's also stop acting like they became that way by chance. On the other hand, while height is uncontrollable like race, it's often fair game to disrespect a short person.<br /><p></p>This isn't the first time all of this has happened to a wrestler though. Back in 2018, another wrestler also tried to address this issue and was met with the typical responses, where people attempted to drown him out with labels such as "insecure" and "short man syndrome": <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/9muq8q/austin_aries_on_wol_in_this_day_and_age_were/" target="_blank">https://old.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/9muq8q/austin_aries_on_wol_in_this_day_and_age_were/</a><br /><p>He references his failed attempt here: <a href="https://twitter.com/AustinAries/status/1311097264102764545" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/AustinAries/status/1311097264102764545</a><br /></p><p>But as they say, it's the thought that counts.</p><p>It takes guts to be a short public figure and discuss this topic, because you will be met with gaslighting, deflection, hypocrisy, and ad hominems. You will be tarnishing your image in an attempt to make society a slightly better place. After all, a truly confident short person never raises their voice about this stuff. At least, that's what I've been told by most of the people on /r/short.<br /></p>HeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-83881517821222008952020-02-24T08:32:00.000-08:002020-04-01T11:02:55.666-07:00Elizabeth Warren Takes Shot At Mike Bloomberg's Height<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems like the one thing her and Trump can agree on, is that insulting people based on height is just a prank bro: <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/world/in-american-politics-height-matters-trump-knows-it-decoding-us-prezs-obsession-with-nicknames-2503855.html" target="_blank">https://www.news18.com/news/world/in-american-politics-height-matters-trump-knows-it-decoding-us-prezs-obsession-with-nicknames-2503855.html</a><br />
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But while Trump mocks everyone, Warren is a feminist who has complained about women being called "fat broads" and "horse-faced," and many of her followers have likewise taken issue with body shaming.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>AKA <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/short/comments/5rbl1t/popular_youtube_channel_acknowledges_the_short/" target="_blank">the message in Shrek</a>.</i></span></div>
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On a related note, it seems like there are people who don't know there's this thing called high heels:<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HayekAndKeynes/status/1232492389144678401" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/HayekAndKeynes/status/1232492389144678401</a>HeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-34481902877627345182020-01-29T11:50:00.000-08:002020-01-27T08:28:37.229-08:00Common Misconceptions About Height<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Taller is healthier.</u></span></b><br />
Failing to reach one's maximum height is linked to undernourishment, but short stature itself is not unhealthy when genetic. For example, short people live longer on average[<a href="http://heightismandothershit.blogspot.ca/2015/01/short-men-live-longer-on-average.html" target="_blank">1</a>][<a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sardinian-men-height-factor-longevity.html" target="_blank">2</a>]. Being taller has also been linked to <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34414446" target="_blank">cancer</a> and <a href="http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/tall-thin-young-man-you-could-suffer-from-a-collapsed-lung-1.1234203" target="_blank">collapsed lungs</a>. More research on this <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071721/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Height is mostly dietary.</span></u></b></span><br />
<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-of-human-height/" target="_blank">"...about 60 to 80 percent of the difference in height between individuals is determined by genetic factors, whereas 20 to 40 percent can be attributed to environmental effects, mainly nutrition."</a>. One can see this in how certain families, like those of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manute_Bol#Early_life" target="_blank">Manute Bol</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Adams#Early_life" target="_blank">Steven Adams</a>, are all extremely tall. In Manute's case, he reached a height of 7'7 despite being malnourished (although he may have gotten even taller had he not been). Point is, just because someone is very tall doesn't mean they were fed correctly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Every younger generation gets taller.</u></span></b></span><br />
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/6d88va/average_american_has_not_grown_in_the_last_50/" target="_blank">The average American has not gotten taller in the last 50 years</a>.
In fact, <a href="http://archive.is/uxQ4c" target="_blank">average height in the medieval ages was only slightly shorter than it is now</a>. If you've been noticing how youth are tall for their age nowadays, it's because <a href="https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/04/17/why-kids-are-hitting-puberty-earlier-than-ever" target="_blank">kids today hit puberty sooner</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Short men are angrier on average.</span></b></u></span><br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6501633.stm" target="_blank">This study found that tall men fly off the handle more quickly</a>. Every other study I've seen on this topic either didn't test for aggression, or tested women rather than men, tested wild animals, etc. Examples of these more questionable studies: <a href="http://archive.is/cYusN" target="_blank">http://archive.is/cYusN</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Every human being innately prefers tall people.</span></u></b></span><br />
They've done <a href="http://heightismandothershit.blogspot.ca/2015/01/studies-on-height-and-attractiveness-in.html" target="_blank">height studies on various tribal cultures</a>, and these people don't care about height the same way modern society does.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Height is viewed no differently than baldness, big noses, etc.</span></u></b></span><br />
None of these other groups are labeled with a complex or syndrome the moment they display aggression or ambition. Sperm banks ban all men below average height, but they do not ban men based on the Norwood Scale. Height affects the ability to defend oneself during physical altercations, most other superficial traits do not. The differences go on.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Height is a good indicator of IQ.</span></u></b></span><br />
Most sources say the correlation coefficient between height and IQ is 0.1 or 0.2. This is considered a weak correlation, which makes using height to gauge IQ virtually pointless. <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w12466" target="_blank">Some of these studies are also conducted on children</a>. If a bunch of youth are the same age, but some receive growth spurts sooner, these taller kids will have more developed brains. Yet these researchers ignore that in order to claim tall <i>adults</i> make more money due to higher IQ (even though simply controlling for IQ shows that it's not the reason for the height premium: [<a href="https://timothy-judge.com/Height%20paper--JAP%20published.pdf" target="_blank">1</a>][<a href="https://ralphkeyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Readers-Digest-The-Height-Report.pdf" target="_blank">2</a>]). These IQ/height studies are also intra-racial, which means they fail to address why Asians for
example are typically shorter than Westerners, yet they
consistently score higher on IQ tests. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Men and women are equally strict about height.</span></u></b></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://research.similarminds.com/romantic-height-preferences-in-men-and-women/227" target="_blank">The average man's ideal height difference is for the woman to be 1 inch shorter. On the other hand, women desire men to be 8 inches taller on average</a>.</li>
<li>"Nearly half of men in <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-denisco/dating-women-men-whos-taller_b_1527117.html" target="_blank">the study</a> indicated that their tallest acceptable
date could be taller than them or their height (24 and 23 percent,
respectively), while 53 percent required their date to be shorter than
them. But a whopping 89 percent of women said the shortest person they
would date would still have to be taller than them. Only seven percent
would accept someone who was their height, and just four percent would
allow for a shorter guy." </li>
<li>For online dating, it's been found that <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/these-are-top-deal-breakers-online-dating-according-sociologists" target="_blank">"women care quite a bit more about the height of their partners than vice-versa."</a></li>
<li>Study: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236116728_Women_want_taller_men_more_than_men_want_shorter_women" target="_blank">"Women want taller men more than men want shorter women."</a></li>
<li>According to this study on the top 10 words to include on your dating app bio, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/dating-app-tinder-bio-words-most-right-swipes-music-gym-6-foot-badoo-a8512541.html" target="_blank">"the top word for female users was "love" and the most-swiped right male users had "6'" in their bio"</a>. Height is nowhere to be found on men's wish list.</li>
<li>Google "sperm bank requirements" then "egg donor requirements." Both short and tall women are not excluded from participating, but any male below average height is. </li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Height has never played an important role in being targeted.</span></b></u></span><br />
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<li>"At the start of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, most of the Rwandan
population belonged to the Hutu ethnic group, who were traditionally
crop-growers. Over many centuries, Rwanda attracted another group,
traditional herdsmen, the Tutsis, from northern Africa... It wasn’t until European colonists arrived during the 1950s, that a
divide developed between the two groups. The Europeans saw the Tutsis,
who were taller with European ‘aristocratic’ appearances and, as was the
practice of the time, selected this group to be both privileged and
educated." - <a href="http://www.borgenmagazine.com/10-facts-rwandan-genocide/" target="_blank">Source</a>..."When RTLM (Radio Télévison
des Milles Collines) began broadcasting on
July 8, 1993... The RTLM called for the Tutsi to "<b>cut down
the tall trees</b>," a code phrase which meant for the Hutu to start
killing the Tutsi." - <a href="http://history1900s.about.com/od/rwandangenocide/a/Rwanda-Genocide.htm" target="_blank">Source</a></li>
<li>According to one of Kim Jong Il's former tutors, the leader used pamphlets advertising wonder-growth drugs
to lure small people into traps, from where they would be deported to
"uninhabited islands" to remove their "substandard" stock from the
genepool. - <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/19/kim-jong-il-18-strange-facts_n_1157276.html" target="_blank">Source</a></li>
<li>"The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is
their short height and low weight. "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" should
be the serial killer theme song. These small lightweight victims are
easy to attack, easy to beat up, easy to carry or drag, easy to put in
the trunk of a car, and easy to dispose of. Big victims are far too much
work. Smallish men, smallish women, and children are easy for the
killer too handle. This is one reason why the top choices for women
serial killers are invalids and babies." - <a href="http://crimeandcriminalsblog.blogspot.ca/2006/08/serial-killer-myths-exposed-myth-six.html" target="_blank"><span class="sans">Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers</span></a></li>
<li>More on this topic <a href="http://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/319/middle-school-psychopaths-smaller-students" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
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Basically, for some reason people think a short guy has to either become a raging lunatic in the face of height prejudice, or turn into a dancing monkey. The only one remotely making sense in that thread is the person who said, <i>"There is a third option. It is called learning to accept that you are short while not making a fool of yourself." </i>Otherwise the whole topic is a disaster. You have a bunch of short clowns, some 7'3 guy telling short men how to behave... Even the main short guy questioning the whole thing says he believes the "short man syndrome" stereotype, <a href="https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2014/01/studies-about-short-man-syndrome.html" target="_blank">even though there is zero good science behind it</a>.<br />
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When people discriminate against a short guy, he is expected to essentially turn into a jester and just take it. But whenever a short guy is the one doing the discriminating, for some reason I never see others apply that same "take it in stride and just make fun of yourself" mentality to themselves. No, it basically becomes a free-for-all to slander and insult short men back. Odd. Almost like short men are expected to be more docile than everyone else, lest the "short man syndrome" label rear its head. Of course, nobody else is diagnosed with a syndrome when they get angry about being mocked or dehumanized.<br />
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If I were working the register, and I insulted some fat or bald customer, I doubt many would take my side. At most, people would just tell the customer to not overreact. They wouldn't pressure that customer into becoming a personal comedian for literally any random asshole (not just friends and family). It's only with short men where the reaction is gauged more harshly than the initial action. People spend more time lecturing short men about how to react to discrimination, rather than talking to the ones actually doing the discriminating in the first place. When it comes to <a href="https://imgur.com/a/8TJan" target="_blank">the latter group</a>, it's always "just ignore them" or something like that. But it seems like people are unable to ignore indignant short men. Short men are the ones told about how height isn't uncontrollable and to accept shortness, when others should also be taught that.<br />
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P.S. I doubt College"Humor" would send a similar message about women's weight. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/collegehumor/comments/elxe4a/ch_parent_company_will_no_longer_finance_them_100/" target="_blank">It's no wonder their employees are getting laid off</a>, people are sick of their hypocritical preaching. They once made a video about how oppressed women are, because the moment a woman isn't always smiling and amiable, people say she's on the rag. Well, these same folk call any short man who isn't completely castrated a "pocket prince," probably excusing themselves with the "it's fighting the patriarchy when we do it" mindset. If there was some way to magically make short men unable to ever become
angry, I swear a frighteningly large number of people would go for it, many of them from the "tolerant" left.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Related: <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k_Mra1Tqck/XTmTIWgWNWI/AAAAAAAABok/DQsIhZLopaUnloesSH9_1zWDLX0ggBpZACLcBGAs/s640/Untitled.png" target="_blank">a woman receives almost 50k likes on Twitter for getting mad at a store's weight jokes</a>. The difference in who's allowed to defend themselves is interesting, especially considering how height is an immutable trait but weight isn't. This would be like some bizarro world where it's okay to judge a person's skin color but not their political beliefs, because the former isn't controllable but the latter is.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-20434350361433381932019-11-30T12:56:00.003-08:002020-08-17T13:27:08.947-07:00Some Famous Short Men Discuss Height<p><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/prince-stories" target="_blank">Some of Prince's acquaintances talk about how he felt being a short man</a>:</p><p><b></b></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bobby Shriver</b><i>:</i>
The party afterward at Paisley, that was quite a scene. When he came
out of the elevator that night, I happened to be standing with the great
Warren Beatty. He came over and Warren said, "I love your music," and
he said, "I love your movies," and then Warren says, "Here we are! At
your house! It's great!" And Prince goes, "Yeah. Yeah, it is. But I'm
still short." It wasn't really a joke. It was kind of poignant. He
didn't laugh—he just observed the fact of the matter. He happened to be
talking to relatively tall fellas—I'm six-one, I think Warren is
six-two. Having a nice conversation. And despite all that, and despite
playing at the Special Olympics, and despite his own brilliance, and
despite whatever, he still, standing with us, experienced what he
must've experienced his whole life. I said, "Oh, come on, man." I tried
to make it into a little joke—I think he laughed a little bit, but it
was obviously a serious thing for him. I thought, "Wow."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Husney: </b>He asked us to take off our shoes. Prince wouldn't take off his boots:
"I don't take ’em off for anybody." You have to remember, my guess
would have been that even the boots were slightly elevated, so to take
those boots off might be to be two inches shorter.</span> </p></blockquote><p></p><p>Kevin Hart admits to being insecure about his height and lying about it:<a href="http://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2019/11/kevin-hart-admits-to-being-insecure.html" target="_blank"> http://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2019/11/kevin-hart-admits-to-being-insecure.html</a><br /></p><a href="https://people.com/celebrity/game-of-thrones-peter-dinklage-doesnt-believe-the-sex-symbol-talk/" target="_blank">Peter Dinklage when being asked about women calling him a sex symbol</a>:<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">I don't believe it for a minute. "They'll say, 'Oh, he's sexy,' but women still go for guys who are 6'2," the Game of Thrones stars says. </span></blockquote><p>Keep these in mind the next time someone says, "Who cares about heightism bro? Just look at [insert rich famous actor/singer here]."<br /></p>HeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-69723683499455196282019-11-30T03:20:00.001-08:002020-10-08T03:58:54.241-07:00People Have No Comeback When It's a Tall Guy Calling Out Double Standards<p>Whenever a short guy expresses any concern about height related issues, the responses are predictable. "You're just insecure about your height/you have a napoleon complex." Somehow, this is often considered an intelligent counter to whatever the short guy was talking about.<br /></p><p>This is why it's great when it's a tall guy exposing society's hypocrisy. </p><p>Take this for example:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iWPyFe-reMc/X37qjCeFvJI/AAAAAAAAADE/6uRMg_Ks3v0bpmjcWDWJeXIZ5sgeHkBngCLcBGAsYHQ/s606/gxcfthgtd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="606" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iWPyFe-reMc/X37qjCeFvJI/AAAAAAAAADE/6uRMg_Ks3v0bpmjcWDWJeXIZ5sgeHkBngCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/gxcfthgtd.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>A guy then changes the same "joke" about short men into one about fat women. No more, no less:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4qlAnIMdfE/X37sBHGSBaI/AAAAAAAAADU/89duZB0yj7k82PbbeisOsXb-zvLhVjyRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/cfdtfgrcghtbdfc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4qlAnIMdfE/X37sBHGSBaI/AAAAAAAAADU/89duZB0yj7k82PbbeisOsXb-zvLhVjyRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/cfdtfgrcghtbdfc.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Needless to say, shit hits the fan. The best part is how everyone instantly assumes he's short:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMtTCciVOv4/X37sedeMIWI/AAAAAAAAADc/CNUoyJ9J1KIow3Cgsay50CVQ71QdYjtPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s344/hujgf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="344" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMtTCciVOv4/X37sedeMIWI/AAAAAAAAADc/CNUoyJ9J1KIow3Cgsay50CVQ71QdYjtPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/hujgf.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>But he isn't:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0AkyS5Henew/X37srTsr6-I/AAAAAAAAADg/qX7ZxyG4_9oY4VyiT4RWlQMDNWGB3tV7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s413/jfgycdh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="110" data-original-width="413" height="104" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0AkyS5Henew/X37srTsr6-I/AAAAAAAAADg/qX7ZxyG4_9oY4VyiT4RWlQMDNWGB3tV7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w392-h104/jfgycdh.png" width="392" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>The same thing happens here in a reddit thread:</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_wuaFaT2EIM/X37wJ8dXP4I/AAAAAAAAADw/TjERp1H2DFQ-jWUwMNPnHzbqOI0oUugAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1043/tigtgyhuji.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1043" height="485" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_wuaFaT2EIM/X37wJ8dXP4I/AAAAAAAAADw/TjERp1H2DFQ-jWUwMNPnHzbqOI0oUugAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w684-h485/tigtgyhuji.png" width="684" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p>Notice how the white knight throwing the "you're insecure!" label is initially upvoted, yet he got downvoted the moment it's revealed he was dealing with a tall man. Like usual, it's not the point being made that matters, it's who's making it. Two men could make the same point, but the short man would be wrong and the tall man right. </p><p>Despite short men being on the receiving end of the discrimination, a short guy's voice means less than a tall guy's. This is very rare in any other circumstance. For example, when it comes to poverty, would you listen to a poor person or someone born rich? Do people take male feminists more seriously than female feminists?</p><p>Whatever the case, the only responses people have to a tall guy in these situations is usually something uncreative, like "you have a small dick." Of course, since it's not as easy to prove a guy's penis size compared to his height, this usually just comes across as a desperate insult.<br /></p><p>All in all, shout out to the tall guys out there for making hypocrites uncomfortable.<br /></p><p><br /></p>HeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-67069141808591739742019-11-02T21:51:00.001-07:002020-08-17T13:25:11.446-07:00Kevin Hart Admits to Being Insecure About His Height and Lying About It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Full thread on this here: <a href="https://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/384/kevin-hart-admits-insecure-height" target="_blank">https://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/384/kevin-hart-admits-insecure-height</a><br />
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Keep this in mind whenever people tell a short man to self-deprecate in order to show how he's not insecure about his height<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NJPW_1-7"><a href="http://archive.is/7rqRX" target="_blank">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RikiPro_2-5"><a href="https://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/426/lord-savior-short-men-garmin" target="_blank">[2]</a></sup>, because there is no short guy who self-deprecates more than Kevin Hart.HeightOfPrejudicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298393248402517842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-49123336088730885712019-07-01T00:32:00.003-07:002019-07-01T00:51:05.150-07:00The Guardian Attempts to Shed Light On Height Prejudice<div class="tr_bq">
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I say "attempts" because partway through the article, it essentially shifts the spotlight from heightism, to how short men react to heightism. Starting from here:<br />
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The article then goes on to give various examples of short men who cope with heightism in their own ways.<br />
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That's okay and all, but if one looks at <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=theguardian%20fat%20shaming" target="_blank">The Guardian's articles about fat shaming</a> (of which there are many), the focus is usually only on the prejudice itself. Do a ctrl+f search for words like "insecurity" on their articles about weight, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a single hit. Why? Because the word "insecure" is inherently negative, and makes it seem like the problem is with the person on the receiving end of the stigma. Mainstream websites avoid using such phrases for issues like body shaming, because they don't want readers to think it's the fat person's mentality that's the problem.<br />
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Whatever your perspective is, good luck finding the same line of questioning in mainstream articles about fat women. The message I've gotten from those, is that you're a bigot if you don't automatically praise females for being proud of the bodies. People basically have no choice nowadays but to pat women on the back over body positivity, or else feminists will show up to teach everyone a lesson. Less double standards here would be nice.<br />
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The existence of The Guardian's article about height shows how far we've come, and how far we have yet to go in terms of both quantity and quality. On one hand, it's nice that a mainstream website has an article about heightism at all. On the other, it's interesting how many more posts there are about weight than height. The way the topics are discussed is also worth noting. When it comes to weight, the responsibility to behave is
placed entirely on how everyone else views overweight people. But when
it comes to height, we start talking about how short men should view
themselves. It's ironic how The Guardian's height article
talks about "toxic masculinity," because the idea of men
manning up while women are catered to is a classic gender dynamic. We're getting somewhere though, there's no doubt about that, and a lot of short guys are grateful to get any scraps at all from these publications. I still recall being told to stop discussing heightism years ago because it'd never get any recognition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-72106140265866664262019-06-10T01:49:00.000-07:002019-07-01T11:42:30.857-07:00Feminist Claims People Only Care About Height Because of "Toxic Masculinity"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I like how she phrases everything in the present
tense, like some guy born in the last few decades is still
responsible for whatever she thinks happened ages ago. How did this
get over 200 likes? All I know is that this is why there's so much resentment towards feminism these days. Imagine being told <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fc/76/b1/fc76b101b0b1b58620f840d586bf3211.jpg" target="_blank">you're sexist unless you're a feminist</a>. Then other feminists basically say, <i>"I think one of your ancestors wronged my ancestors, so it's no big deal when I wrong you." </i>Yet somehow people are still shocked when any male doesn't identify as a feminist.<br />
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doesn't even make any sense. Men tend to be taller than women, so if a
man is below the average male height, even in the most feminist of
societies he would be classified as "short" for his gender. Otherwise
it'd be like saying women would enjoy micropenises and think they're
big, if only it weren't for that pesky toxic masculinity. Things like
looking up at or being carried by a tall male, that's all physical and
has nothing to do with social concepts. If anything, it sounds more like
toxic femininity to me.<br />
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like women are puppets whose strings are easily pulled. Men allegedly
tell women to be biased based on height, so even feminists simply
comply? Very strong, independent, and empowered. When was "toxic
masculinity" supposedly invented anyway, and what's forcing these woke
feminists to misbehave <i>right now</i>? Clearly not their own choices, that would mean taking responsibility for one's actions.</div>
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Appreciate it, because short men are labeled as insecure whiny Napoleons when discussing the same issue:<br />
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<i>Why is discrimination against the short considered not only tolerable, but also amusing? In an era constantly on the lookout for prejudices to denounce, this obvious one gets a pass. </i></blockquote>
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Concepts like consent and personal space don't apply to short men:<br />
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<i>Some girls wear heels so often, they start thinking that's their real height.</i><br />
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<i>Imagine the reaction if this happened to a female officer.</i></div>
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Of course, if either of these guys got mad in the moment, at best they'd receive the usual "it's just a prank bro/make fun of yourself" spiel. At worst, they'd be labeled with short man syndrome.<br />
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At least <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/bctxjw/jenna_carrying_sliker_like_a_baby/" target="_blank">some people</a> actually called out the behavior in the first clip:<br />
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<i>"He just gets bullied all day on something he can't control..."</i><br />
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<i>"How's this even socially acceptable? People just acting as if there was
nothing wrong going on here. It's pretty fucked up if you try to put
yourself in his shoes. It's like going back to middle school and getting
bullied, but instead of standing up for you, everyone just laughs at
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<i>Genuinely fucked up. I say this as someone who cannot stand the guy. He didn't want to be picked up, just leave it alone."</i></blockquote>
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<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/bdp0pt/sliker_talks_about_his_height/" target="_blank">Here</a> as well:<br />
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<i>"I have a tough time as a 5'6 man, I can't imagine 5'2 (or whatever he
is). He has been shitted on all Twitchcon and seemed to be taking it
like a champ, but I knew it was hurting him inside. And if he tried to
rebuttal, he'd be labeled Napoleon complex. Making fun of his height is
an easy meme for the unoriginal"</i></blockquote>
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<i>"I saw so many people saying shit like, "If he had a problem with all of
the comments and stuff about his height then he obviously would say
something or tell them to stop". Just conveniently ignoring the fact
that making fun of a guy for being short is a pretty normalized thing in
our society, and if a short guy does voice his opinion about not
wanting others to poke fun at him for his height the issue is with him
for just not being confident enough and getting bitter about people just
trying to have some fun. Even if "just having fun" is at someone else's
expense in regards to something which they have no control over."</i></blockquote>
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Seems like it takes constant and blatant degradation of a short guy, before people realize short men are human too. Most seem to think short men are unpaid jesters, who exist on a 24/7 basis to make everyone else feel good about themselves. Having a bad day? Need a self-esteem boost or just a quick laugh? Target a short dude and play it off as a joke. If he has a problem with it, just claim he's insecure and takes himself too seriously.<br />
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I've seen people think this last video is fake because it was conveniently being filmed. It may very well be staged, but it could also be something like, "Hey bro, get the camera ready and watch what I'm gonna do to that little guy." Either way, those first two videos are real.<br />
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<i>"For real though there's nothing a short person can do if this exact
same scenario happened. If they fight back they'd get call out as "short
man syndrome" if they don't fight back everyone laughs at the short man
because "it's funny". Short people, specifically short men really have it worst when it
comes to social interactions. It's a losing scenario no matter what road
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They're right. At least a small girl can play the gender card in these scenarios, by making it seem like the guy manhandling her doesn't respect women. A short male is trapped, and even other shorties will come out of the woodwork to ensure he stays docile. <a href="https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/11/on-short-men-confirming-stereotypes.html" target="_blank">"Don't fight back, or else you'll confirm Napoleon Complex."</a></div>
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Fat ugly men get comedic roles due to the high demand for laughing at a funny looking idiot. When they're paired with attractive women, it's because the contrast is meant to look amusing and ridiculous, like how <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/3gwd8k/no_spoilers_sophie_turner_and_gwendoline_christie/" target="_blank">people laugh when a short person stands next to someone much taller</a>. It's not portrayed as sexually appealing.<br />
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On this note, you can't have a culture that gets offended the moment a woman is asked about her weight, while also expecting more female punching bags. People wouldn't find it fun, they would find it in poor taste. For instance, sitcoms such as The Big Bang Theory contain quotes directed at short male characters such as, <i>"</i><span class="st"><i>Besides shortness, what genetic weaknesses run in your family</i><wbr></wbr><i>?"</i> At the same time, there are female actresses from the show talking about body shaming:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.glamour.com/story/mayim-bialik-on-body-shaming-anxiety-and-the-importance-of-therapy" target="_blank"><span class="st">https://www.glamour.com/story/mayim-bialik-on-body-shaming-anxiety-and-the-importance-of-therapy</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kaley-cuoco-slams-body-shaming-trolls-118102800135_1.html" target="_blank">https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kaley-cuoco-slams-body-shaming-trolls-118102800135_1.html</a><br />
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You can't have it both ways. People like Amy Schumer are rare
because they demand body positivity while at the same time being a comedian (<span style="font-weight: 400;"><i><a href="https://www.womenshealth.com.au/amy-schumer-body-confidence" target="_blank">"I have never been apologetic for what could be considered a flaw on my body."</a></i>)</span>. Imagine if Kevin Hart suddenly
started talking about heightism. It'd become real awkward when his
height is brought up as an objective flaw for laughs. He would then have less material to
work with, and therefore less opportunities.<br />
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Look at this short pudgy dude in 2 Broke Girls, then picture the same scenario, but with a girl being bodyshamed:<br />
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More importantly, just because these male characters exist doesn't mean their physical traits are suddenly attractive. How many women do you think find the Asian guy
in the clip above appealing? If the answer is "not many," then what difference does his existence make towards beauty standards? One could even argue that many of these portrayals make short/ugly/fat men even less desirable than they naturally would be.<br />
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Fact of the matter is that insulting men based on appearance is a godsend for lazy writers. It's an easy way to get many positive reactions for minimum effort. On the other hand, when we're not allowed to comment on a woman's body let alone insult it, there will simply not be as many females in these situations. Besides, last I heard, women nowadays are looking for "empowering" roles. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-4600478831434008752019-04-09T00:58:00.003-07:002019-04-09T00:59:38.285-07:00Height Discrimination Is Real When Tall Guys, Women, or Transgenders Talk About It<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rv73r/as_a_tall_male_w_a_short_male_friend_i_just_had/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rv73r/as_a_tall_male_w_a_short_male_friend_i_just_had/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/b5y05o/screw_girls_that_openly_remark_about_a_guys_height/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/b5y05o/screw_girls_that_openly_remark_about_a_guys_height/</a><br />
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This is good, because short men are labeled as insecure and whiny when talking about height prejudice (even when backed up by statistics).<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-54153602219781121232019-03-17T18:06:00.000-07:002019-07-01T11:44:36.713-07:00Apparently, Short Men Are No Longer Judged As a GroupWell ain't this something. Here's a thread (with
thousands of upvotes) insinuating that short men are not judged as a
group whenever one short guy offends people: <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/comments/b1mbvj/incel_believes_in_backlash_against_short_men/" target="_blank">https://old.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/comments/b1mbvj/incel_believes_in_backlash_against_short_men/</a><br />
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is ludicrous of course, because otherwise, stereotypes like "napoleon complex" wouldn't exist.<br />
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Here are examples of people circlejerking about alleged cases of "short man syndrome": <a href="http://archive.is/3sETJ" target="_blank">We have a cop pulling someone over</a>, <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P1vyLHqf3nA/XIIvMVTtfzI/AAAAAAAABiE/STVbBisCO4I9dhXPT20nbCG8VNTkh0dLACLcBGAs/s640/tLVdhz5.jpg" target="_blank">a guy throwing a fit over a restaurant order</a>, <a href="http://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/344/bow-fiasco-leads-short-bashing" target="_blank">domestic violence</a>, <a href="http://archive.is/CpsvF" target="_blank">and a common road rage incident</a>.<br />
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Now you're telling me <i>mass murder</i> wouldn't garner the same reaction? The only hope here is if the killer isn't actually short, because we've already had a short gunman, and that was portrayed as expected: <a href="http://archive.is/X0Ctu" target="_blank">"Congress shooter was 5'6" rude loner... His lawyer called him an 'angry little man'."</a><br />
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In the past, I've talked about <a href="http://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/11/on-short-men-confirming-stereotypes.html" target="_blank">people who censor short men with the message being, "Watch your mouth or else short men will be stereotyped."</a> Yet when others want to
downplay heightism, they'll make it seem like short men are suddenly never
blamed as a group.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-59548261878171490022019-03-13T10:29:00.000-07:002019-05-08T10:29:52.880-07:00I Hope She Fails Her Courses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Also, her minor in Criminal Justice is extremely troublesome because we
know that the criminal justice system has faced scrutiny for profiling
various groups of people. How would you like for your life to be in the
hands of someone who proudly boasts that they have a pre-disposed
prejudice against you based purely on your physical characteristics?
We’re constantly bombarded with stories where this comes-up in-regard to
race, nationality, social class etc., thus, you can guarantee that
someone who claims to care about justice would not be able to make
objective decisions involving short men when they’re proudly boasting
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-32915375709844924152019-02-08T15:16:00.000-08:002019-07-10T05:31:41.471-07:00"When Comparing the Badness of Two Words, and You Can't Say One of the Words, That's the Worst One."The quote above is from comedian John Mulaney. You can see how popular it is by the upvotes <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/NeZe0qr" target="_blank">here</a>. I don't know if this was ever meant to be used as a logical argument rather than just for comedy, but either way, I often see people cite it to prove a point. Sometimes this point is correct, but let's look at whether or not it's a cardinal rule.<br />
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For example, I've seen this line of reasoning used to prove fat shaming a woman is worse than height shaming a man. It's politically incorrect to merely ask a female her weight, let alone insult her about it. On the other hand, you can talk about a male's height however you want. Therefore, this clearly means fat shaming is objectively worse, right?<br />
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Nope. All this proves is that one form of prejudice is currently
<i>considered</i> worse than the other. It doesn't prove why it's
<i>logically</i> worse.<br />
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Mulaney’s quote confuses the way things are, with the way things
should be, also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem" target="_blank">the is–ought problem.</a> By his own logic, racial slurs weren’t as bad
back when people were allowed to say them, but hopefully we all know that’s
not true.<br />
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While racism is considered worse than discrimination towards those with dwarfism, I've seen a lot of people take that as a go ahead to downplay, ignore, or justify the latter. This is called <a href="https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/155/Relative-Privation" target="_blank">the fallacy of relative privation.</a> Make no mistake, whether you think saying "midget" is as bad as a racial slur or not, prejudice is prejudice.<br />
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Now if only people could be as sympathetic about this as the late Roger Ebert. Someone with dwarfism once wrote to him about using the word "midget." After a polite exchange, Ebert immediately agreed to stop using the slur. He also didn't seem to care whether "midget" will ever be as taboo as "nigger," he simply said:<br />
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Now wasn't that easy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-20223019190268855302019-01-28T20:02:00.000-08:002019-04-09T00:29:26.936-07:00People Will Agree With Anything That Makes Short Men Look Bad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Notice how she didn't state exactly what these short men did to prove they have a napoleon complex, nor did she provide a sample size of how many short guys and tall guys she's dated. None of that stopped her claims from receiving almost 400 upvotes. We all know how even if a male has a thousand examples of women acting a
certain way, if he generalized them, his stereotyping would still be
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We also have to keep in mind how <a href="https://np.reddit.com/r/tall/comments/ay9aho/interesting_data_average_number_of_dating/">women
admit in surveys that they don't prefer short men</a>, so who do you
think women would more likely start a fight with: Jason Momoa or
Danny Devito? There's a good chance that (consciously or
subconsciously) these women will treat a tall partner with more
respect than a short partner, thus leading to more incidents with the
latter, then these women will claim relationships are worse with
shorter men. I'm sure someone out there will be taken aback by the insinuation that women would treat a tall partner with more respect than a short one. Of course, nobody would bat an eye if I said I'd fight a mouse before an elephant.</div>
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Either that or some short boyfriends out there made the mistake of
confiding in their partner about how height bias bothers them. If a
short guy does that, then you can bet he'll be labeled with a
complex. But if a woman talks to her man about
bodyshaming, then she has no complex. Whatever the case, people love
these stories of gentle giants and little napoleons, because due to
the just-world hypothesis, everyone can make it seem like it’s
about personality rather than height. If that were the case, sperm
banks and dating sites would have personality requirements rather
than height requirements.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-85670427556724643282019-01-14T08:47:00.000-08:002020-02-12T22:51:17.257-08:00Why There Are No Popular Hate Forums About HeightThere are various hate forums online, ranging from racist communities, to the now defunct "fatpeoplehate" subreddit. I've seen people use the existence of these forums to lessen the severity of height prejudice. "If height discrimination is so prevalent, name one popular hate forum about short people."<br />
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The reason various hate groups exist, is because if these people shared their views outside of their domain, they would be massively downvoted or banned. This is why they have to create their own space to talk freely. On the other hand, you can openly talk <a href="https://imgur.com/a/8TJan" target="_blank">like this</a> about height. <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/bcshzb/sliker_takes_an_l_and_a_w_in_30_seconds/" target="_blank">You can even be rude in person</a>, so there is no need to hide in a corner if you want to discriminate based on stature.<br />
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This is also relevant when it comes to those who say, "You can find hate against anyone online, so all these examples of height discrimination is no big deal." What matters is whether or not that hatred is mainstream. For example, you can find people body shaming women online, but is it politically correct? Nope. <br />
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Anyway, this whole thing is just another form of the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_as_bad_as" target="_blank">fallacy of relative privation</a>. People try to downplay height prejudice to make it seem more okay.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-33844148391959808732018-12-01T13:27:00.000-08:002020-01-27T08:33:53.716-08:00Common Fallacies When Discussing Height Prejudice<ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=bbb516d91daee20498798694a42dd559&u=https%3A//www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/155/Relative-Privation" rel="" target="_blank">Relative Privation</a>: <i>"Height discrimination is not that bad because someone else has it worse."</i></li>
<li><a href="https://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallacy/" rel="" target="_blank">Just-World</a>: The belief that bad things happen to bad people. <i>"It's not about height, it's your bad personality."</i></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias" target="_blank">Survivorship Bias</a>: "Whether it be movie stars, or athletes, or musicians, or CEOs of
multibillion-dollar corporations who dropped out of school, popular
media often tells the story of the determined individual who pursues
their dreams and beats the odds. There is much less focus on the many
people that may be similarly skilled and determined but fail to ever
find success because of factors beyond their control or other
(seemingly) random events.<sup> </sup>This creates a false public perception that anyone can achieve great
things if they have the ability and make the effort. The overwhelming
majority of failures are not visible to the public eye, and only those
who survive the selective pressures of their competitive environment are
seen regularly."<br /><i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kafkatrap" rel="" target="_blank">Kafkatrapping</a>:
People accuse short men of having short man syndrome or being insecure, then when
any short man argues against this, it's used as further confirmation for these claims. However, putting up no resistance results in these claims going unchallenged, and therefore accepted as fact.</li>
<li><a href="https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-nature" target="_blank">Appeal to Nature</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy" target="_blank">Naturalistic</a>/<a href="http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=bbb516d91daee20498798694a42dd559&u=http%3A//onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2326-1951.1976.tb01213.x/abstract" rel="" target="_blank">Biological Determinism</a>: <i>"Height prejudice, and the inequity that stems from it, is just the natural way of things." </i>Plenty of things are natural and instinctive, such as the urge to assault somebody in a fit of rage, indulging in unhealthy but satisfying cravings, or taking a male more seriously than a female because the latter is physically weaker on average. Yet all of those things are discouraged, because something being natural doesn't inherently make it excusable. Unless someone has mental illness, a person's words and actions are their own responsibility.</li>
<li><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=bbb516d91daee20498798694a42dd559&u=https%3A//yourlogicalfallacyis.com/burden-of-proof" rel="" target="_blank">Burden of Proof</a>:
The burden of proof lies with the person who is making a claim. Society
claims many nasty things about short men, yet expects short men to
"disprove" these stereotypes - the accused is guilty until proven
innocent (I've written <a href="http://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/33/heightism-confirming-stereotypes" target="_blank">a series of posts</a> specifically about this).</li>
<li><a href="https://yandoo.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/fallacies-of-composition-and-division/" target="_blank">Composition/Division</a>: Inferring that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole. <i>"I have never experienced heightism, therefore nobody experiences heightism.</i></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma" target="_blank">False Dilemma</a>: When something is falsely claimed to be an "either/or" situation<i>. "You can either think about heightism, or live a fulfilling life."</i></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum" target="_blank">Appeal to the People</a>: Believing something is true because many or most people believe it. <i>"If so many talk about angry short men, it must be a real issue." </i>Could also be done in reverse, <i>"Society as a whole doesn't acknowledge heightism, therefore it doesn't exist."</i></li>
<li><a href="https://mason.gmu.edu/~cmcgloth/portfolio/fallacies/argumentlazy.html" target="_blank">Argument by Laziness</a>: A person makes a statement or gives an opinion on an issue without having studied the topic being discussed. Everyone seems to be an expert on height related issues, but how many have done their research?</li>
<li><a href="https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/169/Strawman-Fallacy" target="_blank">Strawman</a>: Substituting a person’s actual position or argument, then attacking that new, false narrative. One person could be talking about height discrimination, but the other will act like the first is mad about dating issues.</li>
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There is of course also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy" target="_blank">fallacy fallacy</a>, which people use to excuse committing any of the above fallacies, but this only works when you still have a point despite being fallacious. Most of the time, a person has no argument aside from their initial fallacy itself.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-26525272256946004242018-10-21T20:22:00.000-07:002020-02-12T22:54:54.888-08:00Just Saw People Comparing Being a Short Man to Being a PedophileThis was in response to someone wondering why discrimination based on height is okay, but fat shaming isn't, even though height is less controllable. The rebuttal is that being a pedophile is also uncontrollable, but we still judge people on that. Now I have seen it all.<br />
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Even if the paraphilia itself isn't controllable, the choice to act on those urges is controllable. Nobody can tell someone is a pedophile if they're just standing there, but you can see a person's height clear as day in public. When pedophiles genuinely can't help themselves from committing the crime, then there's a reason why the law goes easier on those who successfully plea insanity: <b>because it's uncontrollable</b>. Yet when height is less controllable than weight, we are more accepting and harsher when discriminating based on it. Where's the logic?<br />
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People are so desperate to justify their hypocrisy, they're
willing to place a photo of their face next to the definition of "false
equivalency." When an aspect of a person is immutable, be it height or mental illness, being unnecessarily judgmental about it is an asshole move. And anyone who thinks being an asshole to short men is also uncontrollable better be able to prove it, because I'm pretty sure if someone held a gun to their head and told them to shut up, they'd suddenly be able to.<br />
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For more endless mental gymnastics trying to justify the height vs. weight double standard, go here: <a href="https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2018/10/insane-mental-gymnastics-when-asking.html" target="_blank">https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2018/10/insane-mental-gymnastics-when-asking.html</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-6569953474961493732018-10-19T11:17:00.001-07:002019-03-16T02:38:23.835-07:00Is It Still Just a Joke When Most People Actually Believe the Stereotype?This thread is full of "it's just a prank bro" comments: <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/short/comments/9opev7/can_someone_explain_this_tweet_that_152k_people/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">old.reddit.com/r/short/comments/9opev7/can_someone_explain_this_tweet_that_152k_people/</a><br />
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If we lived in a culture where most people know this is nothing
more than a derogatory stereotype, then I'll be the first to agree that
it's a laughing matter. Unfortunately, people treat this stereotype like it's factual:<br />
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So while we can view that tweet with 152K likes as a joke, I view it as someone with a large audience
spreading a negative stereotype. A negative stereotype which is not yet
recognized as such, but rather regarded as folk wisdom. I don't think people realize something is only a joke <i>if</i> society recognizes it as prejudice when played straight.<br />
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The other insidious thing about this stereotype is that if any short man has a problem with it, people will <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kafkatrap" target="_blank">kafkatrap</a> him by claiming he's confirming the angry short man stereotype. In fact, there's a 6'5 guy right <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/short/comments/9opev7/can_someone_explain_this_tweet_that_152k_people/e7vrcov/" target="_blank">here</a> trying this, although fortunately he's called out on it by a user saying, <i>"You can’t insult a group of people and then make it a social crime for them to be upset about it"</i>.<br />
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Here's another case, this time of <a href="https://i.imgur.com/tfZQZFc.jpg" target="_blank">a shirt depicting supposed instances of short man syndrome</a>. The artist claims it's tongue-in-cheek, but one quick search on twitter of "short man syndrome" will show how most people view this stereotype as a clinical diagnosis rather than a joke. Fact of the matter is that when people see a short bodybuilder with huge muscles, they <i>will</i> say he's compensating. <a href="http://archive.is/3sETJ" target="_blank">When people see a short authority figure they don't like, they <i>will</i> link it to his height</a>. So again, I'm left scratching my head as to how this is all in jest. Of course, when it comes to height prejudice, critical thinking is often written off as being easily offended.<br />
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<a href="https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2017/10/matt-k-lewis-tries-to-talk-about.html" target="_blank">Like Matt K. Lewis once said</a>, you can't talk about people being fat, there's ageism discrimination, but you <i>can</i> discriminate about height and get away with it. Despite the fact that <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6501633.stm" target="_blank">short men are not statistically more aggressive</a>, most will never know this, because even short people themselves don't want to talk about it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-62914843399684949232018-10-12T20:18:00.000-07:002019-10-27T13:36:31.719-07:00Insane Mental Gymnastics When Asking for a Woman’s Weight Vs. a Man’s Height<br />
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Fortunately, it seems like many of the people in the comments are sick of this hypocrisy and don't buy the excuses, especially since the talking points from these women and white knights are trash. "You can't gauge a person's height in photos but you can tell their weight. 200 lbs looks different depending on the girl. Women don't mean to offend when they ask about men's height. Only an insecure man would call out my double standards. What about eating disorders? Men should respond by asking for the woman's height too." Etc etc.<br />
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Keep in mind people regularly take selfies at an angle in order to conceal their weight, or use an older photo from a while back when they were thinner. Also, popular 6'3 actress Gwendoline Christie is listed between 160 - 185 lbs. So if a woman is 200+ lbs, she better be a bloated powerlifter or near 7 feet tall. Now tell me how many women you know that fit either profile. Ultimately, what I've gathered is that men should be asking for women's BMI or breast size instead, because there's also no way I'm equating female height with male height. People typically care more about a man's height and a woman's weight. "Tall dark and handsome" versus "hourglass figure." This is also why Tinder's height verification "prank" was targeted only towards men. Ask a bunch of random women what their heights are, then ask for their weights, and see which garners a more uncomfortable reaction.<br />
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It's also interesting how the responsibility to watch one's mouth is always on the man's side. When women develop eating disorders, it's up to the rest of society to never talk about female weight. But despite height related <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700457/Boy-13-commits-suicide-bullied-years-small.html?fbclid=IwAR3OqJxrBPWzW1ez7ApRo_VvWvepbB_L5fbe1DbtwOpET67_CAu4K9SKoJo" target="_blank">suicide</a>, <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/height-dysphoria" target="_blank">dysphoria</a>, <a href="https://paleyinstitute.org/centers-of-excellence/stature-lengthening/" target="_blank">leg lengthening surgery</a>, and a desire for <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/growth-hormones-healthy-kids-increase/story?id=8571628" target="_blank">HGH abuse</a>, it all doesn't count because there's no official label like "height disorder" (which also makes it seem like eating disorders didn't exist right until they were officially coined). If an adult male ever speaks tactlessly, the focus is on him to watch how he talks from now on. But when it's convenient, women are portrayed like children who don't think before speaking, so men need to simply tolerate that. Just like how a kid doesn't know any better, neither does a grown woman, so the responsibility to act accordingly is once again on men. The irony here is that those who are defending women are making the female gender seem like they have no self-awareness or agency. Instead of taking this as an opportunity for some introspection ("maybe I should talk to people the way I want to be talked to"), people would rather continue to walk around like zombies. After all, that's the real reason behind men countering the height issue by talking about weight. It's not due to insecurity or a desire to cause offense. It's meant to highlight the double standards and get people thinking. <a href="https://twitter.com/KMalshire/status/967441663017680896" target="_blank">Even some women have started making the same point</a>, so I would love to know what their alleged agenda is.<br />
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The other way to tackle this is to get into some long explanation
or debate with a stranger on a dating app, but good luck getting someone to stay long enough to care. Or just ignore them, but then they remain ignorant and hypocritical for the rest of their life (anyone who recommends this course of action should also take their own advice and ignore all the people replacing height with weight). The final response is a simple word replacement exercise, where replacing height with weight acts like a mirror. If somebody doesn't like the reflection, that's too bad. Notice how most of men don't respond to "what's your height?" with "fuck you landwhale" or any such thing. They literally just replace height with weight. If any woman is offended by <i>her own line of questioning, </i>almost word for word, then perhaps something is wrong on her end. You know the old saying. Don't dish it out if you can't take it back. The lesson here is "If you don't like this particular thing being done to you, then why are you doing it to others?" The intelligent response would be to say "I've never thought about it, but you're right." Instead, it seems like the strategy is to come up with a hundred and one excuses for why women should be allowed to talk wantonly about male height, but men should never talk about female weight.<br />
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The only reason this is even an issue is because we're all taught from a young age to never talk about a woman's weight. Unfortunately for the apologists out there, just the fact that height is less controllable than weight, means there is nothing anyone can say that will convince me one is okay to discuss but not the other. Yes, even if a short person disagrees with me. There's a reason why it's more frowned upon to judge a person's skin color compared to their political beliefs for example. So if anyone gets offended by the weight question, then that's their problem, because it's literally just a less strict version of the height question. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-82754420147497387092018-10-08T23:57:00.001-07:002020-08-17T11:41:12.405-07:00Different Reactions to Angry People Based On HeightShort guy rages over Tim Hortons:<br />
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According to reddit: <a href="https://np.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/9md443/customer_has_meltdown_after_incorrect_order_at/e7dv7ll/" target="_blank">"If that's not a Napoleon complex, I don't know what is."</a><br />
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According to most people in the comments section, just some asshole.<br />
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Here's another man losing his cool, this time over a video game: <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/9ygfko/angry_customer_destroys_gamestop_store_over/" target="_blank">https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/9ygfko/angry_customer_destroys_gamestop_store_over/</a>. At best it's funny, at worst he's a jerk for overreacting. Either way, average height and tall men do not shoulder the blame as a group.<br />
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Speaking of video game stores, here's a tall transgender going apeshit in one: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6OpRfyLFo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6OpRfyLFo</a>. What complex or syndrome would people (especially the politically correct) say transgenders/crossdressers have?<br />
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When a short guy gets fired up the exact same way some average or tall guy does, it suddenly becomes typical of short men:<br />
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Many claim "nobody cares about height but you" whenever height bias is being discussed, yet when we look at how thousands of people focus on height in situations where height is irrelevant, prejudices are made clear. Check out the reaction to the rapper Bow Wow's domestic violence incident: <a href="http://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/344/bow-fiasco-leads-short-bashing" target="_blank">http://heightismhub.freeforums.net/thread/344/bow-fiasco-leads-short-bashing</a><br />
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On the other hand, when 6'3 baseball player Danry Vasquez beat his girlfriend, I doubt anyone judged the situation based on his height: <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5814458/danry-vasquez-baseball-domestic-violence-assault-cctv-footage/">https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5814458/danry-vasquez-baseball-domestic-violence-assault-cctv-footage/</a><br />
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Or how <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gwdvup/man_curses_at_peaceful_protestors_and_gets_angry/" target="_blank">a tall man</a> who was against the George Floyd riots is judged as an individual based on his actions alone, while <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gx6kn7/counter_protester_has_a_tantrum_at_george_floyd/" target="_blank">a short man</a> doing the exact same thing is judged on his height and labeled with short man syndrome. If so many people nowadays didn't pretend to be egalitarian, then they could keep on with the double standards and I wouldn't care, but unfortunately I hate hypocrisy.<br />
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Even mainstream websites get in on the action, claiming a common road rage incident was due to "small man syndrome": <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4381924/Motorist-small-man-syndrome-swung-driver.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4381924/Motorist-small-man-syndrome-swung-driver.html</a><br />
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What happens when this prejudice is left alone to spread? <a href="https://heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2018/02/this-is-what-happens-when-height.html" target="_blank">People start insinuating that short men are more likely to be mass shooters</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Related reading: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6501633.stm" target="_blank">"The theory that short men end up as more aggressive than taller ones has been dismissed by a scientific study... Heart monitors revealed it was the taller men who flew off the handle more quickly and hit back."</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348801980053918414.post-29963404742023841902018-10-07T10:10:00.001-07:002020-02-12T23:03:14.621-08:00Professor Points Out Height Bias to Explain Racism<div style="text-align: center;">
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The writer is a black woman, which means people aren't
as likely to get mad at her for daring to compare height to something
like race. I would link this whenever somebody misses the point of the
analogy and spews the usual strawman: "Heightism doesn't have the same
history as racism." Nobody ever claims it does. We're talking about how
much better/worse someone is automatically treated for being born a certain way. No
more, no less.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com