My tentative hypothesis: the less difference there is, the more important it becomes to signal it. More weird stuff in the article.
To me signal doesn’t account well for factors such as height. I do accept that psychological factors can influence height.
It still seems a stretch to think that stronger pressure on male signaling that they are tall because of egalitarianism leads to taller males.
In a world with 1.80m female models a lot of woman also want to be taller than they are. I doubt that there psychological pressure on women to be small.
I think there’s been a shift, with tall women being much more valued than they used to be some decades ago, but I’ve heard that tall teen-aged girls still get harassed for their height.
The OkCupid date indicates that men are more likely to write messages to shorter woman.
At the same time the gay dominated fashion industry values tall women and a lot of woman define “being beautiful” as looking like a model and that means being tall. On a runway being tall is very useful.
As far as harrassment goes I would expect teen-aged girls on both sides of the bell curve to get harassed.
Thanks. The OkCupid data is relevant, but what I was thinking of is that I think there’s been a shift in movies, with romantic pairings where the woman is taller than the man.
Yes, Hollywood leading men are shorter than they used to be, but I don’t think that the characters are any different. There are films portraying romantic pairings where the actress is taller than actor, but very, very few that let the audience see that.
The question about what values happen to be popular in Hollywood and what values happen to be popular in normal social interaction aren’t the same thing.
Despite endless theories about height and the relative success of Hollywood figures, analysis of the heights of today’s top 10 grossing male actors shows the group only about 3 cm taller than average. It’s a different story for leading ladies however, with the top 10 women at the box office standing an average of 6 cm above the norm.
I can’t find exact data on romantic pairings but I would expect that in liberal hollywood some directors purposefully do make choices about romantic pairings where the woman is taller than the man.
I think there’s been a shift, with tall women being much more valued than they used to be some decades ago, but I’ve heard that tall teen-aged girls still get harassed for their height.
Just in case you’re not aware, this is a double-comment. I’ve seen this with another comment of yours recently. Probably happens when one double-clicks the comment button.
What happened is that I had a couple of days of very erratic internet connection, so that it was hard to tell whether my efforts to post had worked out. My connection is good now.
To me signal doesn’t account well for factors such as height. I do accept that psychological factors can influence height. It still seems a stretch to think that stronger pressure on male signaling that they are tall because of egalitarianism leads to taller males.
In a world with 1.80m female models a lot of woman also want to be taller than they are. I doubt that there psychological pressure on women to be small.
I think there’s been a shift, with tall women being much more valued than they used to be some decades ago, but I’ve heard that tall teen-aged girls still get harassed for their height.
Anyone have more solid information?
The OkCupid date indicates that men are more likely to write messages to shorter woman.
At the same time the gay dominated fashion industry values tall women and a lot of woman define “being beautiful” as looking like a model and that means being tall. On a runway being tall is very useful.
As far as harrassment goes I would expect teen-aged girls on both sides of the bell curve to get harassed.
Thanks. The OkCupid data is relevant, but what I was thinking of is that I think there’s been a shift in movies, with romantic pairings where the woman is taller than the man.
Yes, Hollywood leading men are shorter than they used to be, but I don’t think that the characters are any different. There are films portraying romantic pairings where the actress is taller than actor, but very, very few that let the audience see that.
The question about what values happen to be popular in Hollywood and what values happen to be popular in normal social interaction aren’t the same thing.
Quick googling finds:
I can’t find exact data on romantic pairings but I would expect that in liberal hollywood some directors purposefully do make choices about romantic pairings where the woman is taller than the man.
I think there’s been a shift, with tall women being much more valued than they used to be some decades ago, but I’ve heard that tall teen-aged girls still get harassed for their height.
Anyone have more solid information?
Just in case you’re not aware, this is a double-comment. I’ve seen this with another comment of yours recently. Probably happens when one double-clicks the comment button.
What happened is that I had a couple of days of very erratic internet connection, so that it was hard to tell whether my efforts to post had worked out. My connection is good now.