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As an extremely "average" height guy, height has been one "human variable" that has always confused me - anecdote after anecdote after anecdote from both proclamations from women, professional sports, and more importantly, our(Western) culture in general have made height seem to be the most important physical trait in a male; yet this article, along with actual research have time and time again either demonstrated this to not be the case[0] or relatively mixed [1] in preference.

Anecdotally, the answer to the article seems to be "yes" due to selective pressures, but the data suggests otherwise.

[0] (meta study) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277695/

[1] http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ebs/7/2/121.pdf&productCode=...

parent FilterSweep 10 years ago

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