It is well known that men prefer shorter women but it seems that they also prefer short women in general.
Studies show that the most attractive height for a woman is in the range of 5'0 - 5'2" regardless of the man's height (even if the man was 6'2" he still preferred the 5'2" woman). Also this was not just one study, but several studies , of both British and American men aged 18-49. All the studies came to the same conclusion. The weird thing is, the average height of an adult woman is 5'5", and 5'0" - 5'2" is the average height of 13- 15 yr olds (only 10% of adult women are actually between 5'0 and 5'2" ). In ancient greece, it was common for men to marry teenagers , they also regarded the height difference as a turn-on. Psychologists don't know the reason for men's preference for short women but they think its probably because
1) shorter wome are *perceived* to be more submissive 2) they are more fertile 3) they have higher estrogen levels ( Estrogen closes the epiphyseal plates of the bones stopping growth ) which means they also have other attractive features like bigger breasts, smaller waists, and nice skin.
Short women with long legs are the most attractive
In this study, men were shown pictures of women's bodies and
they rated short women with proportionally longer legs, bigger breasts and smaller waists as more feminine and sexually attractive.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...n-with-long-legs-are-the-most-attractive.html
Short women more successful with men
This study found that short women and tall men were less likey to be single and more likely to be married at a younger age.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2667-short-women-more-successful-with-men.html
Men prefer short women for longterm relationships
In this study, tall women were perceived to be more powerful and short women were perceived to be more submissive. Men preferred submissive women for longterm romantic relationships.
https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100126/full/news.2010.37.html
Taller women more upwardly mobile
This study found that taller women attach more importance to their careers whereas shorter women attach more importance to having children.
Taller women had more testosterone than shorter women which made them more competitve, assertive and amibitious.
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article574824.ece
Men prefer women of below-average height
The most attractive height for a woman is 1.2 and 1.7 standard deviations below the female population average (5'0" - 5'2")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness
