That’s awesome! It’s always inspiring to see men in that range in a relationship and happy.

I don’t see it as a disability either. It literally is not, however, in the context of dating? It’s not too dissimilar than being so because it’s statistically way less rare for people to be as accepting when they don’t have to be due to availability.

Imagine if a quantifiably large portion of dating apps, say, 30% of women’s profiles specifically stated: “Do not message me if handicapped. It’s just my preference.”

Imagine how it would make someone with a situation they were born with or dealt at some point in life and have no ability to change, feel?

Imagine still, if disabled people were complaining that it was socially acceptable to outright display such restrictions in public in ways you can not literally avoid.

Top of mind awareness in advertising is this same impact. Even if you understand it’s out of your control, even if you have a healthy attitude. If you can’t escape open condemnation throughout many, many, many, years of effort and everyone tells you to get over it and be positive… It’s dehumanizing and traumatizing.

It’s not socially acceptable to say such things about someone with a disability. Nor is it for a guy to put Boob Size requirements or Weight requirements.

Women are straight cruel to publicly body shame in such a direct way and are the problem just like a man would be to say such things.

It’s not like any app makes you match with a short person. So why the fuck is it not as hateful to say say, “Sorry, whites only” as it is to say “Men 5’10 and up only.”?

You being insulted because you’re a woman and you don’t think a guy shouldn’t be able to get over such experiences over the course of their adolescent and adult life? It’s irrelevant if it’s someone’s inescapable reality.

Discrimination because you can is still discrimination. Anyone can just as easily not match or politely be indirect to a short man’s face. But they often feel ok to tell a man to his face and often in my experience. Laugh in their face.

I’d get decked by someone if I called a woman too fat or too ugly to her face in public. Or I’d sure be risking it…

So pleaseeeee don’t be upset because you don’t think it’s how things should be. Please don’t involve gender either, unless you’d also do so if the roles were reversed. It’s still entitlement even if you’re a woman and hurtful.