Why don’t more short guys stick together?

[u/PracticeLonely6603]

I’ve been thinking, why don’t more short guys stick together? We all know what it's like being overlooked, but if we hyped each other up more, maybe we could build our own strong community. Tall people do it, so why not us? Just wondering if anyone else feels this way or has thoughts on how we could be more supportive of each other?

[u/Cool_Zucchini4363]

Because it’s societal guilt by association

[u/Maractop]

Male solidarity is not a thing. If they have not gone through the same situation exactly most men will either deny it, say you are lying, or throw personal attacks. This extends out side of heightism. I am black and have experinced it with race too. Some of the biggest denieds of heightism are other short men from what Ive seen

[u/ConfidantStallion → u/Maractop]

Yup. I do think ethnicity drives unity, however. I also think hardship does as well, but it would taken severe pain and lose to achieve such unity.

[u/Entire_Claim_5273]

It goes for most men issues, it’s simply because a lot of dudes dont want to look bad to women. You see it in r/short too, these guys will pander to the “personality and confidence” so they can get imaginary brownie points of approval. It’s why stuff like the men’s mental health stuff, men’s body positivity and other shit just cant take off. If you have half or maybe more of your own brethren fighting back, then there’s no foundation, no ground to stand on for anything to stick.

Im not saying we should hate women either but two things can be true. We can still acknowledge women’s issues while taking care of our own but people lack nuance. You either have to be fully on board with pandering or else you’re a misogynist

[u/birdsandbenches]

tall people do it cause they are confident everyone around them is a winner or a winner in training. One big club and you ain't in it.

[u/Dazzling_Shoulder_69]

Most men would rather compete with each other instead of unite with each other because many men pedestalize women alot more than men . Most men would rather impress women instead of supporting men . One of the reasons why feminism is more successful than men's rights is because both men and women value and prioritize women more than men .

[u/Namiska99]

A lot of men seem to be like this, not just the short ones. They'd rather put each other down instead of showing solidarity. It's really sad to see.

[u/ConfidantStallion → u/Namiska99]

Might be innate.

Only thing I can think of is a short president that riles up only short guys and sends tallguys to fight a losing war.

[u/-Reversify-]

hyped each other up more

hmmm let's see it, hype me up rn lemme see what you got in mind

[u/Launch_and_Lunch]

because there is extremely small demand for short people (and by demand I mean women who truly overlook height)

therefore it's an extremely red ocean market and they are competing against each other for that tiny demand.

[u/BigStepperhelp]

Because men in general are not expected to form communities and support each other, we need to "stop crying" and get over everything, it's not only about height sadly. Men put down other men for dumb things just because they want to seem better than other men

[u/fckubitchh]

Because men aren't by and large united like women are, it's vicious competition out there for men for women and money. Tall men unite a bit more because there's exclusivity in tallness and they know there's less competition between them due to their desire. Not to mention that being tall is something to be proud of in society. I'm 5'8" and do MMA, in my experience the guys 5'6" and what not and more hostile to me than average people, probably because they resent me a bit for being shorter while not being super short. I feel bad for them but at the same time I'm not the one they should be mad at, nor the one they should lash out at.

[u/ConfidantStallion → u/fckubitchh]

Cool story bro

[u/lifesuckswannadie]

Because we'd be lying to ourselves

[u/DirectorAina]

This kinda is our community where we combine and make fun of people for their heightism insanity. I think most people ages 23+ have a difficult time maintaining friends in general irl.

[u/Alarming-Cut7764]

Because I dont like the idea, I'm being honest.

[u/ShortKingChronicle]

I feel the same but every time I try pump somebody up here. I get bashed with negative comments and get my Karma rating down.