# Women: would you date a short guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-a-short-guy/682227 "2014-02-25T14:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-a-short-guy/682227/1 "2014-02-25T14:49:43Z")
I always assumed it was more difficult to date if you are a short guy, but according to this [cite](http://nypost.com/2013/12/08/short-men-dont-stack-up-with-nyc-women/) it is damn near impossible. OK so maybe its not the best cite, it is the NY Post quoting a study done by a dating site. But it is a good jumping off point. According to the cite in the NYC area those under 5-9 would not even be considered by the vast majority of women. Only 1.2% of Manhattanites said they would contact a man under 5-9. That seems extremely low. Just wondering how that measures up to posters here. For the record I happen to be exactly 5-9 so I’m not sure where that leaves me. I’m not on the market anyway so it doesn’t matter much. Found a nice short woman. 😃 P.S. how stupid is it to lie about your height in a dating profile. You think they won’t notice? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-a-short-guy/682227)._