Bypassing the height factor (short men must read)

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These guys are real-life Jedis.

They aint no spetsnaz.

i'm 5'7 unfortuneately

I don't understand all the business about height in this day and age - to follow the logic that women supposedly want good protectors, should they just audition men by checking out their skills with guns and other weaponry.

^ it's not about this day and this age

Explain.

If I wanted a good protector why would I look for someone who had skills or attributes relevant thousands of years ago? Doesn't make any logical sense to me.

small talk, feminine "instinct"... ha ha... different plane, wrong planet! Isn't it Simon Baron-Cohen's idea that Aspergers is a representation of the "extreme" male brain? Maybe thats why I don't get it.

It might explain an extremely odd incident in the gym from last year.

I was working out lifting weights and there was a man, who seemed to enjoy watching me and started following me around. So if I did bench press, he would do that exercise but be sure to make a point of adding lots more weight than I what I lifted.

Now for a small 5ft 6in 120b woman I'm stronger than I look, went to the leg press machine and loaded on 110lb 3x10reps, all done. I noticed that he hesitated but then as before he loaded more weights on 130lb. So I stopped what I was doing and watched out of curiosity - he went bright red really straining to lift, arching his back and his knees started buckling. I told him to stop as I knew he would not be able to move the weights without serious risk of injury, but he continued until at last letting out a loud yelp, the weights crashed down and he was screaming and then he swore at me blaming me for distracting him.

Oh dear. Ambulance was called and there was much commotion. I don't know exactly what he broke or tore.

So men will risk serious injury to prove their superiority at arm-to-arm combat! Ha ha ha - all he need done to impress me was to engage me in a stimulating conversation.

I'm like Balletnerd, I don't feel the biological necessity to be "squeezed" against a big torso.

Last guy I liked was shorter than me (he was 166cm).

I usually listen to men talking about three "women archetypes"; women that want protection (being saved by a warrior), women that want to nurture (wanting to heal the wounds of the warrior, giving protection in a feminine way), and women that want to be the warrior. Last ones are the most undesirable. People love archetypes, they need them, a lot of men want the sweet and vulnerable nurse girl, and a lot of women want the masculine "warrior".

There are people that are exceptions and are not attracted by archetypes but who cares, they are ignored and their preferences are totally discredited When a man says he loves a woman that is older than him, or when a woman says she doesn't care if his boyfriend is short, a lot of people will say to them "I don't believe you", "you are lying". It can be exhausting trying to convince the shallow majority.

I don't necessarily find the majority shallow as such, but the majority gender preferences are certainly puzzling and make no sense to me. And yes its certainly exhausting when people arent accepting of your own preferences when they dont correspond to majority behaviour.

My particular preference is for someone who finds intellectual debates exciting, who has unusual and interesting opinions and who shares some of my interests. Intelligence trumps all other qualities, although all other things being equal large eyes and smooth skin is also of interest.

Although I get approached a lot in bars, its always these show-off no-brain alpha men which is so unattractive to me so I prefer to do approaching myself. Its just much more difficult now that I'm not at university fulltime any more when there was a ready supply of cute nerds - short/tall or otherwise.