Do girls care how tall you are

Bigger bodies may have more raw strength, but they are also less nimble Credit: Getty Images. Sport and athletics You only need to look at a basketball court or the race track to realise that longer legs are an advantage across many events.

Longer limbs can cover the ground faster, and they can reach further. Yet sometimes a smaller body can be a bonus. It takes less time for a nerve impulse to travel the lengths of their limbs to their brains, meaning that their reaction times should be quicker, and they may be more nimble — which might help certain martial artists like Jackie Chan.

Are bigger bodies more prone to clumsiness and mishaps? Credit: Getty Images. Clumsiness Think of your body a bit like a car: in purely mechanical terms, the larger it is, the harder it is to slow down if you need to avoid a collision. And of course, shorter people have less distance to fall. You need only watch the comedian Miranda Hart to see this principle in action. Perhaps this can explain why taller people are much more likely to suffer from injuries across their lifetime; women taller than 5ft 8in are twice as likely to fracture their hip as women who are just 5ft 2in.

Is being tall a health hazard? It's also worth remembering that even these ranges are based on averages — overall, there are variations in preferences, such as according to the respondent's own height. YouGov also asked respondents what height they would personally like to be, ideally. Well, how tall are you? Are you worthy of my attention back? Why are men the only people who get to make ego-based decisions?

I have an ego as well. On a format as shallow as Tinder, women are being solely judged on their appearance overall. If you have an issue with telling me your height so I can make a socially conscious decision, then I have an issue with you looking at my face so you can do the same. My boyfriend is only a few inches taller than me, but he prefers when I wear heels that don't make me look taller than him.

I personally don't mind it at all and do it anyway. I've also had a few men I was interested in before tell me that they didn't like that I was taller than them—I think they find it intimidating for some reason.

It doesn't matter when you're lying down, but significant differences in height do make some couple activities like dancing or taking photos a little more challenging.

But it's nothing that can't be remedied with a little creativity. Plus, it can be really cute when people are in love and are different heights. Good news for shorties: Many of the nearly respondents indicated that, contrary to what any of the research out there might say, they DGAF about a man's vertical measurements. I genuinely don't understand people that will only date taller partners. Let that be a lesson to you, men of various heights: You never really can count on the statistics of one study to tell you much of anything.

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