# Women, how do you rate height in men? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925 "2005-08-06T23:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/1 "2005-08-06T23:13:47Z")
How significant a factor is the height of a man in your opinion of him visually? Do you go weak at the knees for tall men? I’m 6’1" by the way. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/2 "2005-08-06T23:15:52Z")
Doesn’t matter a whit to me. I’ve known some very sexy guys who were shorter than I am (I’m a bit over 5’2"). ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/3 "2005-08-06T23:23:18Z")
I’m 5 feet nothing. Past boyfriends have ranged in height from 5’6’’ to 6’4’’, irishfella is 5’11’’. I didn’t mind HOW tall the guy was, as long as he was taller than me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/4 "2005-08-06T23:43:27Z")
It’s not terribly important compared to a lot of other things, but if I were to give my preference it’d be for a guy to be less than six feet tall. I don’t enjoy having guys tower over me. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/5 "2005-08-06T23:43:32Z")
My current boyfriend is a former jockey. Obviously, height does nothing for me. If I were tall myself, maybe I’d care (I’m 5’4"), but I doubt it. When I was younger and much more insecure, I didn’t require a tall guy, but I did require a guy who took up more space than me. Something about being with a smaller guy made me feel huge. I didn’t like feeling huge. But I got over it. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/6 "2005-08-06T23:55:09Z")
I don’t care for especially tall men – I’m only 5’2". My current SO is 5’10" and he is the tallest man I have ever dated. Anything more than that is damned inconvenient. I also don’t like the feeling that if the man tripped, he’d crush me like a bug. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/7 "2005-08-07T00:02:57Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > I didn’t mind HOW tall the guy was, as long as he was taller than me. That’s pretty much my take on it. And since I’m not very tall, that’s most guys. My last SO was about 5’6" (well he still is, I imagine), my current is, I think, about 5’9". Which I found is about the perfect height for me. As a matter of fact I’d have more of a problem with guys who were much taller than that; at my height it can be…inconveint. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/8 "2005-08-07T00:05:23Z")
Hmmmm…I swear I didn’t see Hello’s post before I wrote mine. But, great minds and all…(except her great mind can spell). ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/9 "2005-08-07T00:07:01Z")
Well, I am 5’3 and I like my men tall (5’10 to 6’2 seems to be the range). Why? Maybe it’s a security thing, I’m not entirely sure. I just like snuggling up to someone and only coming up to their nipple :). How big of a factor is height? I guess pretty big in the attraction sense. I’m (generally, of course) not really attracted to men under 5’9. Just a personal preference. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/10 "2005-08-07T00:09:08Z")
I’m 5’3, and have dated guys ranging in height from 5’6 to 6’2. I don’t have a height “maximum” (I used to have a 6’7 friend, and I wouldn’t have minded dating someone that tall), but I don’t think I’d be comfortable with someone shorter than me. I guess that ultimately it would depend on the guy, but my online dating profile lists a minimum of 5’5 – that way, I can wear heels when we’re all dressed up and still not be taller than him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/11 "2005-08-07T00:12:19Z")
The answer to the inconvenience of a large height difference is either to wear stilettoes, stand on tip toe, have him lift you up, or never to do standing what you can do more easily lying down. I prefer the last option, but will employ whichever technique seems most appropriate at the time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/12 "2005-08-07T00:15:12Z")
I’m 5’6" and really bad at estimating other people’s height. So pretty much any guy who’s 5’9" or taller gets lumped into the “about six feet” category. I’ve only ever dated guys who were “about six feet” – ranging from 5’9" to 6’3" or so. And the guy at the tall end of the spectrum, in my opinion, was verging on too tall for me. I don’t go weak at the knees for tall men, but a decent height (“about six feet”) combined with everything else (smile, eyes, etc.) can do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/13 "2005-08-07T00:15:36Z")
I’m 5’5", unless I’ve begun my old-lady shrinking. I’ve dated men ranging from 5’7" to 6’10". I don’t like being with men who are way tall - I feel invisible. My husband is about 5’9", and he’s just right. I don’t get a stiff neck when we’re smooching, and car mirrors and seats don’t require a lot of adjusting. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/14 "2005-08-07T00:26:45Z")
I too have begun the old lady shrinking, I used to be just under 5’7" and now am just over 5’6". I remember in my younger days I really liked guys to be hovering around 6 feet. I think this was left over from middle school when I was taller than all the guys. But then later I did date a guy who was maybe half an inch taller than I was, but he was _huge_ in personality. So there ya go. I ended up marrying a guy who is about 5’11" but I think he’s lost maybe an inch or so himself, along with me. We did make a baby who is now 6 feet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/15 "2005-08-07T00:42:51Z")
As long as a guy is within a couple of inches of my height (5’8") or taller, it doesn’t make much difference. I’ve dated a couple of guys that were quite a bit shorter than me, and it’s not my first choice - however, if the guy was a Rhodes scholar or something, I would get over it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/16 "2005-08-07T01:09:36Z")
I’m 5’9", so I suppose I should prefer a tall man, but the man I married is just an eensy bit taller than me. It makes wearing heels a problem (not for me, but he doesn’t like to be the shorter one)…I think with men it’s more the energy they generate. I don’t know that I’d notice height first off - unless he’s really quite shorter - then it could be more of a factor. Although every man I’ve ever dated has been my height or taller. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/17 "2005-08-07T01:15:57Z")
I’m 5’7", and these days I prefer a man taller than me. I never used to have a preference until I was engaged to a guy who was 5’6". It wasn’t his height that bothered me, however, it was his attitude about the whole thing. Og forbid I wore heels around him. He was my husband’s best friend at one time, and hubby sums it up perfectly: “He has short man syndrome.” Everything wrong in his life was because he was short. In his words: People hate him because he is short. Women don’t find him sexy because he is short (didn’t seem to matter that I was obviously head over heels for him!) He can’t play sports because he is short. Life is awful because he is short. Sometimes he told me he loved being with me because it was like having his own “supermodel” (Ha!), but other times he’d bitch about me wearing heels too often. Or, if I wasn’t wearing heels, that my shoes were “too high”! So, a short man is not unattractive to me. However, a whiny man (of any height) is terribly unattractive to me. I have only ever met one short man who was not whiny about it (and hot damn, was he sexy!) So my opinion is a little soured. I’m married now (to a 5’11" man), so it’s a moot point, however, if I were dating, and I was introduced to a shorter fella, I would be _wary_, but not turned off. We’d have to see how it goes once he opened his mouth. 😃 If the first thing he says is that my two inch heels are “pretty tall, huh?”, I’m outta there! ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/18 "2005-08-07T01:17:34Z")
Count me in with the sentiment that it doesn’t matter as long as he’s taller than me. I am 5’2" (almost), so this has never been a problem. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/19 "2005-08-07T01:28:36Z")
My husband is 4’11’’. Not perhaps what I imagened, but now that I am used to it, anything else would seem bizarre. It helps that he isn’t at all whiney about it. It also helps that he is almost entirely short in the leg–he has a genetic form of rickets. So while I am taller than him by half a foot, when we snuggle on the couch it is as equals. He isn’t child-sized or anything. That would be weird, but I probably would have gotten used to that, too. 'Cause, you know, he’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925/20 "2005-08-07T01:46:57Z")
I go weak in the knees for very tall men. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-rate-height-in-men/315925.md?page=2)