# How long is the average female skull (vertical)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-the-average-female-skull-vertical/718572>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 26, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-the-average-female-skull-vertical/718572 "2015-04-26T14:32:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-the-average-female-skull-vertical/718572/21 "2015-05-01T03:23:45Z")

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> [@Cathy967](#):
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> I’ve been really self conscious about my head and have been ever since I was a kid. I measured it and it was 8.5 inches long, and all the other girls at my school seem to have smaller heads than me, and it’s been really bothering me lately to the point where I don’t feel like going to school.

By and large, even if your head was larger than normal, no one would think anything of it. Head size is just not something people consider.

That doesn’t mean you might not find some jerks that tease you, because bullies will find anything to tease you about. It’s not about it actually mattering. It’s about making you feel bad. If these bullies exist, you should not let them win.

But, I think it’s likely no one has ever said anything about it to you. And, in that case, it’s just that weird effect where we think we are the stars of our own lives–that everyone is looking at us and judging us. They aren’t. Very few have likely noticed, and pretty much no one cares.

You can’t live your life being worried about the imperfections in your appearance. If your head was too big, what could you do about it? Do you want to live a life running away from people? Believe me, it’s not fun.

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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-the-average-female-skull-vertical/718572/22 "2015-05-01T13:50:42Z")

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**Cathy967** , we’ve all been there. When I was a young man, I was certain that I had the biggest nose in the Western Hemisphere and that my earlobes could, in an emergency, be used as a topsail.

It took a while, but I found out that I was the only one obsessing about these things, and that if I stopped thinking about how big my nose was, I could actually converse with people (but not too close!:p)

Your head is your head, own it, flaunt it, decorate it with glittery things.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-the-average-female-skull-vertical/718572/23 "2015-05-01T15:10:31Z")

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Long enough to reach the neck.

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