There are many advantages that come with being tall, that range from how people perceive you and how you feel about yourself. Short people always wish to be taller, and the reason behind is the many advantages that one gets to experience as a result of being tall.
It is more acceptable for a woman to be shorter in this world, than it is for a guy. Short guys find it hard when it comes to dating, because women just do not want to date short guys. This can compound the problem, especially for a guy who is already struggling to get women to like him. Also, a lot of guys want to be able to date someone shorter than they are, and this presents a problem if they are short as they will struggle to get a woman who is shorter than they are, and who will actually like them back.
Another advantage about being tall is that one looks leaner. Someone who is short is very obvious that they are fat or chubby if they do have that extra fat on their body, but when someone is tall, they have to be extra fat to really look fat. Being tall has the advantage of one to feel great about themselves and their confidence levels are boosted.
Also, in the school ground where there are a lot of bullies lurking around, shorter boys and girls are the ones that get picked on the most, because being tall comes with the perception that one cannot be picked on as they have more of a physical presence. Some bullies will get intimidated by taller children, because they think that they too would be able to push them around and bully them back.
What has also become apparent is that being tall in the workplace has also become a huge advantage, especially if someone is in a position of power and has people looking up to them. Taller people seem to be able to get more respect from the people that report to them especially than their short counterparts, as people are better able to see then as someone that they should listen to and look up to.
There are also a lot of sports where being tall is an advantage, such as the likes of basketball, netball, volleyball just to mention a few. Also, for someone who is a sprinter, being tall means that their legs are longer, therefore their strides are bigger. That can be a huge advantage over shorter people who are also competing in the same race. The advantages also run into sports like swimming,combat sports and more.
There are both physical and emotional advantages to being tall and the society puts an element of pressure when one is short. With someone's height mostly to do with genetics, it does get to be frustrating for short people to have to be judged based on their height, with other people not even interested to know who they are.
Being tall is seen to be superior to being short, and unfortunately this always make short people like they are not good enough at times, or that they lack something. Fortunately, short people also can have a chance to get taller.
