# Males above the age of 21: what is your height? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854 "2013-01-21T01:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/21 "2013-01-21T07:22:41Z")
Derp! Missed the edit window: [Here’s](http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html) a nifty visual index of various height/weight combinations. I use it when generating characters for stories or role-playing games. Granted, it could be organized a little better in terms of providing multiple pictures, dividing genders, dividing fat vs muscular, etc, but still pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/22 "2013-01-21T08:13:36Z")
Funny that there’s a dip in the peak of the bell curve at 5’11". ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/23 "2013-01-21T11:07:38Z")
I am 5’ 11" as well. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/24 "2013-01-21T13:39:14Z")
5’9" officially – actually a bit over but the measurements have tended to vary. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/25 "2013-01-21T13:41:51Z")
5’5" But I was 5’6" when I was closer to 21 so I picked that. Getting old sucks blue waffles. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/26 "2013-01-21T13:50:11Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Funny that there’s a dip in the peak of the bell curve at 5’11". I think it’s likely that many men who are 5’11" report that they are 6’. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/27 "2013-01-21T14:20:09Z")
Somewhere in between 5’7" and 5’8" so today I decided to round down. Sometimes I round up, depends on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/28 "2013-01-21T15:34:56Z")
An absolutely perfect 5’7". ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/29 "2013-01-21T15:58:37Z")
Which way should I round? I’m 5’11.5" . ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/30 "2013-01-21T16:03:32Z")
0.5 and up - round up 0.4 and down - round down ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/31 "2013-01-21T16:21:59Z")
5’10" and a little bit more ----------- so of course I went with 5’11" 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/32 "2013-01-21T16:35:09Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’m 5’10", which I believe is just about average for Canadian men. Oddly, I often find myself staring over the tops of the heads of the majority of people around me on the bus or train. I wonder whether the average height in the GTA is lower? They grow 'em tall out on the prairie. Perhaps the short ones get lost in the snow. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/33 "2013-01-21T16:54:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Which way should I round? I’m 5’11.5" . I’ve always understood that the usual rule is: below .5, round down; at .5 and above, round up. My experience, though, is that height is one of those things that is never rounded down. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/34 "2013-01-21T17:10:53Z")
I’m another tweener, in the shaky ground between 5’9" and 5’10". Stuck between modesty and boastfulness, I decided to round up ;). ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/35 "2013-01-21T17:42:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I think it’s likely that many men who are 5’11" report that they are 6’. What, are they compensating for something? 5’11" not good enough for them? Rat bastards. Short Guy Syndrome has a more destructive & insidious counterpart: Almost Tall Enough To Be Called A Tall Guy Syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/36 "2013-01-21T17:51:23Z")
I have always dated “short guys” (Between 5’6" and 5’8") and the only serious boyfriend I dated who was taller than me was a huge mistake. At 5’9.5" myself I have no idea why I am attracted to shorter men, but I am. My husband is 5’8" and I had to wear flats to our wedding, 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/37 "2013-01-21T23:21:56Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I have always dated “short guys” (Between 5’6" and 5’8") and the only serious boyfriend I dated who was taller than me was a huge mistake. At 5’9.5" myself I have no idea why I am attracted to shorter men, but I am. My husband is 5’8" and I had to wear flats to our wedding, 😉 Did you check out Panache’s post? > [@panache45](#): > > 5’10", exactly one foot shorter than my partner. 🙂 I’m 5’8, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/38 "2013-01-22T00:03:36Z")
Only 6’0" now. Lost an inch or a little more to a screwed up back. Of course it compacted at the bottom which made the belly much more pudgy. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/39 "2013-01-22T00:43:51Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Did you check out Panache’s post? > > I’m 5’8, btw. Hubba Hubba shorties 😉 [Here is a whole tumblr about it](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/short%20boy). Now, the examples of the models with rich men skew reality a bit, because I am pretty sure they are with those guys for the money, but meh who cares. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854/40 "2013-01-22T04:46:06Z")
Interestingly enough, at 6’1", I am the tallest person on either side of my family who has ever lived. I am not aware of a single blood relative I have close enough to me for me to know them who is as tall as I am; my father, at an even six feet, is closest. As all the children in the family are girls, that is unlikely to change. That strikes me as being kind of weird. Yeah, I know people get taller, but still. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854.md?page=3)