I am attracted to tall men. Tall, thin men. That doesn’t mean I have never felt attracted to anyone not much taller than I am -I’m 5"4- but that my knee-jerk ‘whoa’ reaction is triggered by guys over 6ft. My husband is 6"3.
Two of my good male friends are about 5"6 or so, and quite goodlooking. They are mercifully free of Short Syndrome.
I think it is attractive to see a couple where the heights are relative to each other.
In other words, tall man-tall woman or short man-short woman.
I’ve seen really short guys with tall (6’0) girls and it just looks plain stupid.
And the converse (a tiny little girl with a huge towering man) doesn’t look any better.
In fact, I remember when a group of my friends were out at a bar once. Dan is 6’‘5 and his wife is 5’'1 (or thereabouts). Someone walked up to Dan and asked, “Hey buddy, I’m a little old-fashioned, so do ya mind if I ask your daughter for a dance?”
Yes he was serious
On the plus side according to this if you’re shorter you’ll die younger.
So there’s hope for all the short guys here - you won’t have to suffer rejection for too long.
I’m 5’7" and I have always enjoyed being a tallish female. I used to wear heels but foot problems and weight gain have nixed that, and now I’m all about the comfy footwear.
Don’t really give a rat’s ass about a man’s height – as if he can do anything about it anyway! Personality is so much more important, and I wouldn’t rule a guy out just because he was short. Mr. S is 5’6", so we’re basically face-to-face. However, I have proportionally much longer arms and legs, so I can get things off high shelves that he can’t reach, and I have to adjust the seat BACK in his car when I drive it.
The few times I danced with really tall guys, I disliked having my face in their chest or getting a sore neck from looking up. I like being able to look my husband in the eye and smooch him without straining my back.
One of our friends, who is a mechanical and musical genius as well as a hell of a nice guy, is just about five foot nothing. Any girl who passed him up really lost out, and his wife is a lucky, lucky woman.
Can I just say that, as a bloke who’s only 5 ft 4, I quite like taller women. As long as I only meet them on the sides of steep hills.
I’m just under 5’11. When I see really tall guys (say, 6’3 to 6’9), I take notice. When these same tall guys are also “my type,” I swoon. This isn’t to say that shorter guys aren’t attractive - I’m just less likely to take notice. And, to be completely honest, there’s just something about tall guys … I don’t know. Of course, I almost always see them walking with their girlfriends. Who are universally less than 5’5 tall. 
(What do you shorter girls do with all that height?)
I once dated a man who was 6’8" tall. We joked a lot about me not needing to get on my knees. You get the idea.
Height isn’t a big issue for me - but I prefer men 5’6" or shorter. I realize that goes against the mainstream, but for me, that’s nothing new.
Height isn’t a big deal to me. In fact, I usually find I prefer shorter guys as they tend to make up for their lack of stature by being more charming and better dressers. Tall guys often seem to know their height makes them desirable and so don’t try very hard.
I think height is one of those variables that goes into overall attractiveness: height, weight, facial features, wealth, charm, etc. By trading out unimportant features (height and wealth), I’m able to get more “bang for my buck” in the features that are more inportant to me.
I’m 5’8" (or was, in my prime) – though I’ve dated men my height or shorter, I’ve never gotten involved with anyone under 6’, and I’ve had a couple of bfs who were 6’3" and up.
What can I say, I like tall.
Hey, Broomstick: How you doin’?
I’m 5’6".
My husband is 6’2".
My longest relationship (7 years) before him was with a guy who was 5’4".
Height makes me no nevermind.
I prefer taller guys, and I find that I notice them more often. If I wasn’t married, however, I’d probably give any guy taller than me a chance. I’ll admit it, going for a guy shorter than me (I’m 5’6") would be a hard sell, but something I’d give a go if the guy was right.
Mr. Snicks is 6’6". 
All things being equal, I’d prefer “taller than me” and I’m 5’7". However, all things are rarely equal. So, kind of an issue, but not really a big one.
Guys who claim to be 5’7" and taller and who are clearly shorter than I am are very much less attractive than guys who just admit to being 5’5".
I come from a short family (my dad is 5’6’’, mum is 5’0’’) and basically we all have big personalities. Not “short person” syndrome, just big, bubbly personalities in small packages. So much so, that most of our friends who we haven’t seen in a while say things like “I’d forgotten you were so small!”
I don’t feel like a small person, I most certainly don’t feel hard-done-by and it’s not something that has given me a chip on my shoulder. It’s only really something I notice when seeing photos of myself standing beside taller friends, or standing beside them at the mirror in the ladies’ bathroom. It’s just part of who I am, like having brown eyes and dark hair. It’s not something I desperately want to change, and it’s not exactly prevented me from doing anything I ever wanted to do (I’ve never had ambitions to be an air hostess, police officer or fashion model).
Even with irishfella, I just don’t notice the 11 inch height difference between us. I can kiss him if I stand on tiptoe, I like it when we dance and he rests his chin on the top of my head, it’s just not a hassle for me. I’m not really getting why all of you 5’9’’ ladies find it so difficult to be with guys who are only 5 or 6 inches taller than you!
I do admit that sometimes tall men have been attracted to me because of my height, in a creepy sort of power/control/dominance thing. But like I said, if they think that just because I’m little I’m going to play the cute, meek little girl they can think again. I don’t need rescuing, I don’t need help, and I don’t need a big man to protect me, I’m quite capable of doing that for myself.
Conversely, some shorter men (those under 5’7’’ say) actually have told me that I’m too short for them, they obviously didn’t want to be seen as “that short couple…aww aren’t they cute” or for anyone to think that they couldn’t get a taller girl if they wanted. But hey, they obviously had their own issues, so I was better off without them!
I’m way unusually short, so for simple practicality I’d rather not date somebody over about six feet. That is negotiable depending on the person, though seeing as I’m practically engaged to a guy who is about 5’7" this is a purely theoretical discussion for me.
My dad was 5’5". I think that’s part of the reason I’m partial to shorter men, because I adored him. And seeing as my mom is 5’9" I never got the whole “women must be shorter” thing, though in my case there aren’t many men shorter than I am.
Several people have mentioned “Short Man Syndrome” and “Napoleonic Complex” in this thread. I’ve pointed out on these boards before, there is no such thing. Give the psychological journals a search if you want to. What SMS is even supposed to be is uncertain. People use it as a catch-all phrase to describe whatever behavior they dislike. For instance, it can be used for a guy who is whiney or a guy who is boastful, for guys who are successful and those who try too hard because they are not successful. Drive a cool car? Work out a lot? SMS. Every idiotic thing Tom Cruise does is attributed to his height.
By the way Napoleon wasn’t even short. He was at least average for a Frenchman of his day.
I haven’t seen any numbers in a while, but I remember seeing that less than 2% of women are married to men shorter than themselves. It seems the majority of women find a man 1.09 times taller than themselves to be the perfect mate. Cite.
This is not to say that height is the only factor. I think rather it is a disqualifying factor to most, but not all, women. You have to have the personality and whatnot, but if you don’t meet the minimum height requirement for that particular woman you are not considered dating material regardless of your personality.
For any woman who thinks she couldn’t be attracted to a man who is shorter than she, I have two words:
I prefer tall men.
Over 5’8" at least
