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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2020 22:30:14 GMT
We all know very well that your height matters in many ways it shouldn't to people from all walks of life. However, every day whether in the workplace, while shopping or in a venue, someone has to mention how "tall" a tall man regardless if they know him was (especially when speculating the height of a gargantuan athlete in the sports world) , something about how date-able short men are from a group of women at local coffee shops, or a predominantly male group of friends trying to one up each other for being taller, and Its not like i'm placing myself in these conversations.
I Simply put, have observed this for long enough to know it comes up on a day to day basis. Not a single day can go by without someone mentioning height within earshot of me, and I live in a relatively small town and never talk about my own height,never involve myself in it, don't go out of my way to hear it, but here people are, bringing it up wantonly and extremely consistently around me and others of varying heights. All while these same people would say "I've never thought about height" if I was to chime in about it's significance to society.
Furthermore, the point of this post is to point out the fact that people need feel to bring up height, whether subconsciously or not when I and others are trying to go about our daily lives with no mention, and I've heard it come from strangers' mouths indefinitely.. It really shows cognitive dissonance and that short men really need to wake up to but are way too far gone to ever acknowledge when people don't skip a single day on the subject. The why doesn't need explaining of course.
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Post by Heightism Report on Feb 13, 2020 23:47:49 GMT
I know exactly what you're talking about. Height obsession is everywhere, and people can't seem to connect one conversation to the next to see that it truly is an obsession. What this adds up to for a short person is that their height becomes the focal point of their lives, not because of them, but because of a height-obsessed society that never shuts-up about the topic. Like you mentioned, it certainly is maddening to be bombarded with constant conversations about height, yet, if you try to discuss it, even without speaking of heightism, people all of a sudden act like they have no clue what you're talking about. People always remark how much kids have grown, sports announcers constantly talk about the height of the players, people's names are often prefaced with "little" or "big" depending on their height, tall is usually the first word out of women's mouths when they describe their boyfriend or what their ideal boyfriend would be, it's usually the first or second physical descriptor used to describe someone, "how tall are you" is a common question asked in almost ice breaker fashion to both short and tall people(and it has different connotations depending on who is being asked) and the list goes on. Geoffrey Arnold used to talk about how heightism is so ubiquitous in society that trying to show people it exists is like trying to get a fish to realize he's in water. This is certainly true considering that every time you go out in public, it often won't take long before height is brought-up as a conversation topic.
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