04.12.2009
Here are the results of 6'3" Jheri's Survey
"Male height preferences in very tall heterosexual women"
Thanks to those of you who took my survey! The number was too small to say anything definitive and I did not write the paper as a proper scientific study, but the result was interesting and raises some questions. I think it shows that tall women are a bit different from their sisters of average height when it comes to mate height preference. This is interesting as the ratio of male height to female height is nearly constant across cultures. The paper is a short pdf document and here is a brief summary:
Very tall women prefer have a preference for a taller mate, but are willing to consider mates with heights less than their own. At increasing female height women this trend increases to the point where women may show a preference for a somewhat shorter male. The study sample, particularly for female statures exceeding 75" in height, is small and should be considered qualitative and directional. A larger sample is needed to understand sexual dimorphism at the extreme and a sample of extremely short heterosexual men would be interesting.
A much deeper question that is not probed is why this shift in acceptable and ideal height is taking place. One hypothesis is the sample of acceptable males becomes extremely small and finding an acceptable mate with other perhaps more important characteristics may be impossible. Another is that these women become used to smaller people and their perception of height differences is different from the average population. A male who is three inches shorter may be quite tall compared to the average population of males and may be perceived as tall to the extremely tall female. Perhaps something genetic is going on to move the height of offspring to more normal ranges.
Well, here are the results (PDF-File, appx. 3 MB)
