We wear shoes that makes us taller, stand on platforms form to look powerful, and we even lie about our height!
What does this say about ourselves? Do we all want the perceptive of being taller? Do we feel inferior to those who seem taller?
From a personal stand point, I do feel a little intimidated by those of a taller stature. Although, I am 4' 11'...
From a scientific perspective, taller people do have it "better". According to Dr. Daniel Freeman and his brother Jason, taller people do seem more successful in life. On an educational view, it is known that taller people strive more to have a better education. That they have more successful jobs. Let's look a professional athletes. You rarely ever see their paychecks in the lower hundred thousands. You also rarely see many athletes under 5'. Maybe gymnast and dancers are, but not that many others sports do.
Taller people are also known to have more confidence and effort in life. Well, at least that is what is portrayed ... According to different researches, they find more and more people who use height as a advantage are also confident. Researches find that people of shorter statures, are more prone to suicide, low-self esteem, and being a victim of bullying. I find that a little biased.
Even though scientist have done plenty of experiments to conclude that the taller stature is more appealing or makes us feel more confident, it is not necessarily true.
A man named Alfred Alder, had a theory that since shorter people cannot make themselves physically taller, they boast themselves in confidence. This is other known as the Napoleon complex. Although Napoleon was actually the average height for a Frenchman at the time of his life, he surrounded himself with men of taller heights to show that a shorter man can dominate those of advantage. That is how those of this complex respond to life. Some might say that those who have the Napoleon complex (also known as the short man complex) can seem aggressive and excessively belligerent, but they can also be very successful in life. Unlike the researcher's conclusions about short people, this group strives to not let their height bring them down. They wear shoes with slightly thicker heels, they come up with ambitious goals, and they are overall very outgoing. They want to prove that they can be just as attractive, intelligent, and confident as taller folks.
To sum it all up, height does affect society, but it is you that decides how much it will affect.
Wonderful sources:
Psychologytoday.com
Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wikipedia.org
Encyclopedia.com
Thesocietypage.org
Huffingtonpost.com
***I also did a survey***
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