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October 05, 2005

Tall Chicks All Business?

British reseachers point to elevated testosterone levels and its associated higher competitiveness in explaining fact that tall women are less likely to marry and have kids.

The Times of London summarizes their work and writes:

Earlier research by the same authors showed that levels of testosterone in the saliva were linked with maternal feelings. The more testosterone women had, the lower they scored on maternal personality and reproductive ambition

And, contrary to the previously prevailing explanation that taller women simply had more difficulty attracting men:

[The authors] conclude, rather, that taller women have more of the male sex hormone testosterone, which could give them more “male” traits, such as being assertive, competitive and ambitious.

Actually, I don't think I ever heard the underlying fact that tall women don't marry/have kids as much as shorties. But then, no one tells me anything.

posted by Dr. Reo Symes at 11:21 PM

Comments

Janet "sterno" Reno - 6'2"

Q.E.D.

Posted by: Purple Avenger on October 5, 2005 11:36 PM

Andrea "I Have No Interest in Marriage 'N' Kids" Harris - 5' 3.5"

T.B.S. (That's Latin for Total Bull Shit.)

Posted by: Andrea Harris on October 5, 2005 11:51 PM

Yeah, but you ate a lot of paint chips and cigarette butts when you were a kid. That'll stunt your growth.

Posted by: lauraw on October 5, 2005 11:56 PM

I like tall girls, unless they're freakishly tall. Like 6'3 or more.

Posted by: Moonbat_One on October 6, 2005 12:02 AM

Moonbat_One:

http://www.bdel.com/

Posted by: cirby on October 6, 2005 12:12 AM

Hmm...TBS, I'm pretty sure that's Tiny Bitch Syndrome. ;-)

Posted by: doc on October 6, 2005 12:14 AM

Ace has already addressed this issue:

Ivana Mandic

Sure, she may have elevated levels of testosterone and be all business on the court, but off the court she'd appreciate a little courtin' or maybe some one-on-one.

Posted by: caspera on October 6, 2005 12:26 AM

The link doesn't work, so here's the URL, even if working for it sort of ruins the joke.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/109049.php

Posted by: caspera on October 6, 2005 12:39 AM

Where's Lipstick?

Posted by: someone on October 6, 2005 12:52 AM

That would explain Ann Coulter's man-hands.

Posted by: Joan of Argghh! on October 6, 2005 03:19 AM

The only drawback to larger women is the difficulty of subduing them in the rear of some of your smaller panel trucks.

For dates of a less coercive nature, though, tall women are wonderful.

Posted by: spongeworthy on October 6, 2005 08:50 AM

she was a long cool woman in a black dress,

Posted by: Dave in Texas on October 6, 2005 08:54 AM

Doesn't testosterone have a direct correlation to sex drive also? I'd thinka heightened level of testosterone could have some benefits as far as mating is concerned. There's been more than a few nights that I considered slipping my 5'2" wife some testosterone just to test that theory out.

Posted by: Sticky B on October 6, 2005 09:05 AM

spongeworthy,

I am now questioning your spongeworthiness.

Regarding the story, as a petite woman, I suspected as much.

;-)

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle on October 6, 2005 09:18 AM

I'm 5'11, engaged, and I want 3.

(aware that an anecdote is not a valid statistic)

Posted by: Axolotl on October 6, 2005 09:56 AM

Axolotl's right that the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data', but my experience (necessarily limited on grounds of personal geekiness) tells me that this is horseshit. *Loose* horseshit. This is from the horse that broke into the medicine cabinet at the Constipation Ward.

Taller people in general find leadership easier, and I suppose this leads to more career-oriented women among the taller brackets. At that point economic theories of comparative advantage take over and they'll have fewer kids. But this is *correlation*, not *causation*.

Posted by: David Ross on October 6, 2005 12:21 PM

(If it wasn't clear earlier, I wasn't calling Axolotl's anecdote horse pucky; I was referring to the original article. Excuse the, uh, laxity of my previous venting.)

Posted by: David Ross on October 6, 2005 12:25 PM

Moonbat_One: If we go out cruising together, I'll take the freakish ones, deal? I love looking and seeing the underside of boobs.

Women are totally driven by primitive tribal primate pecking order instincts. They're as physiologicaly incapable of cutting a guy one inch shorter than them a break as they are of going into estrus in the presence of a guy who makes one dollar less than them per hour. Also, they think my bitterness invalidates my statements like this, but that's just because I'm not one of their precious alphas! I earned it, baby!!!

Posted by: Dave Munger on October 6, 2005 04:25 PM

Uh oh. Never wanted children, check.

Never felt the urge to be married, check.

I'd think a heightened level of testosterone could have some benefits as far as mating is concerned.

Let's just say that my darling is a very happy man. ;)

Posted by: Lipstick on October 6, 2005 05:10 PM

And Dave M., It sucks that some girls won't date someone shorter than they are. If I had that policy, I would have missed some really wonderful men.

I have a friend who is 5'9", 39 years old and desperate to marry and have children. Yet she will not even consider dating a man shorter than she is. It's just stupid and self-defeating.

Here's hoping you find your Amazon!

Posted by: Lipstick on October 6, 2005 05:22 PM

Oh yeah, and my fiancee is 4 inches shorter than me.

Ultimate Outlier! Yay!

I am horrible at estimating people's heights. People near my height seem taller than me, and the majority of people are just shorter. I can't tell by how much.

Posted by: Axolotl on October 6, 2005 05:50 PM

should be "fiance"

Posted by: Axolotl on October 6, 2005 05:51 PM

Divorced and 5 foot 8-used to be be 5 foot 8.5-I'm melting....melting!

What a world....

the wicked witch of the south

Posted by: from the south on October 7, 2005 10:06 AM

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