Your opinions on height discrimination

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,440]

I've been spoken to by others like I'm some kind of undesirable because I'm 5' 6". This is ESPECIALLY true in dating. 

If I say anything or try to defend myself it leads to further mockery because I'm short, therefore I MUST have a Napoleon Complex.

Edited April 30, 2020 by Stone Cold Steve Tuna
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[Pentium100 2,120]

So, how many too short or too tall people were not hired because of their height, even though the job does not depend on height? For some reason I do not think that the number is very big. So, I do not think that there is discrimination.

Some people want to equalize everything and everyone (like Starlight, but even more so), this is not possible. For example - putting things on shelves in a store. Obviously optimal shelf height will be different for a 1.4m and a 2.2m person. Limiting shelves so that a 1.2m guy can reach all of them would mean inefficient use of floor space and fewer items on the shelves. So, what is done is to make most people OK with it, even if it is not as comfortable for someone really tall or really small. Otherwise you would make it more comfortable for a few people, but less comfortable for the majority. If your competitor does not do that, guess where the majority will go.

Another example is clothes. I am quite fat (not as fat as some Americans, but in my country I am considered fat). This means that not every store will have clothes for my size or those that fit properly. The reason is simple - if there is lower demand then it is not worth for the store to keep a larger stock of clothes with low demand. The available room is better used for clothes that have higher demand.

To me, "discrimination" only applies if there is no reason for it. For example, if someone said "while your qualifications are awesome, we will not hire you as a programmer here, because you are a man/too fat/too old/too young/etc". However, I fully understand that most services that offer jumping with a parachute (or bungee jumping) have a weight limit because the parachute itself has a weight rating and if the company used a parachute rated for tanks, it would make the service more expensive for everyone. Another example is requiring that an employee speaks the national language - coworkers and especially clients may not speak other languages. Or requiring that an employee speaks two languages if he would be expected to deal with clients from different countries.

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

Am smol. Some people are jerks.

Thankfully their kneecaps are accessible~

[Lucky Bolt 35,062]

I think it’s wrong personally. I’ve never been made fun of for my height, considering I’m just average height to begin with, so it’s not something I’ve had to deal with but I hate seeing others discriminated for how short or tall they may be.

[EpicEnergy 23,175]

I don't think anyone should be discriminated because of their height.

[TBD 17,254]

I’m not that tall as most of my guy friends but when they do “make” fun of my height it’s only comes as a joke. However I found people who actually discriminate people’s height for being short was because they think they’re gaining dominant over them...when we all know that short people are the most deadly ones . 

[Ixrec 86]

Thankfully, this particular problem has never come up for me or anyone I've known, including short acquaintances.

Although I do find that being unusually tall means I never have enough leg room on public transportation, and I often have to lean over to comfortably reach things that are at natural arm height for others. [summons fainting couch] Oh woe is me.

[Magpie 623]

I'm 6'8 (slightly above 2 meters), so my height causes issues with fitting in cars or finding clothes, but I wouldn't call that discrimination. 

Edited July 10, 2020 by Brosparkles

[HeavenSunset 1,867]

Height Discrimination? 

This is why aliens won't visit us

[Narcissus 354]

I've never even heard of someone being discriminated against because of their height. Sounds ridiculous to me if it exists at all. I'm average height but I live with someone who's short and she never gets singled out because of her height, nor does anyone else I know. If anything it's considered an endearing feature. 

[Jedishy 3,548]

There are advantages  to all attributes and flaws to them. You can't make a house that works for a Wookie and am Ewok so you go with an imperfect average. And well being short many people don't take you as seriously. And not many people look for short, pale, and average in the dating scene. 

Is it discrimination? In some cases yes if you use the purest sense of the word. But can you really fight it? Nope 

[Fluttershutter 2,408]

Yep, seats in theaters and airplanes discriminate against tall people. And bigger shirts are always wider, never longer.