The comments are what you would expect. 

Why the comparison to historical atrocities? 

The chart in the article by The Economist allows you to select how each gender filters by race, age and height. I have to say after reading the artice and engaging with the chart that none of the data is surprising and regurgitates what most of us already know, especially as it pertains to height.

One thing that stood out as I shared this with friends is how rigid the shortest of men are when it comes to their height filters. Some of my female collegues tried to use this as a "gotchya", with, "see, shorter men don't want to date taller women and there are lots who would date them". I say "WRONG". Shorter men already know they are not sought after by taller women, so they set their filters accordingly. What say you?

The article can be found here. 

College dating is tough. In High School, I was an extrovert. I still am, but it seems like even the shortest women want tall men. At my college, there is this one girl I was interested in. We chat each other up all of the time in class and she seemed interested. When I asked her out on a date, she told me that she had a boyfriend. Saw her with her boyfriend (first time seeing them together) a week later on campus after our Spring Break and he had to be at least 6'4. The girl? 5'1.

I went to a party two weeks ago, chatted up another girl here (we never met before), and when I asked for her number, she busted out laughing saying she could never see herself with a guy as short as me. How embarrassing it was! This woman, not to be mean wasn't even my type. All of this happened in front of a few of my buddies. They laughed also.

It wasn't like this in High School. My older brother is two inches taller than me and told me he never had problems dating in college. Some of my taller friends tell me that it's all in my head. I'm generally liked by a lot of my schoolmates, but unlike High School, it seems like every woman wants to only date taller men.

All is not bad though. I had a date this week and it went okay. She says she wanted to see me again, but her body language didn't match what she said and she was on her phone through most of the date.

For the older guys here, was it like this when you were in uni? What advice do you have?

I'm not referring to having acne or being overweight, rather being completely and unequivicoally hideous in the face. 

I ask this question because I have been on sites whose target demographic are the "facially challenged" and have seen similar sentiments to what I have read on boards that cater to shorter guys (though not so much this one since we seem to have a lot of confident shorter men here). 

Maybe I'm biased because I myself am short so think everything can be "fixed". The men who claim they are "ugly" seem like if they put effort into their appearance (hair, clothes) etc, they'd be just fine. Or maybe those guys would think the same about us!

Is if confirmation bias or do you all think otherwise? 

Most of the comments are along the lines of "You're going to kill your genes!" and anything else to slam this short guy. So many saying she's "so funny". How?

Here is the video link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/goHvMgOKXwM

I rock with Aba N Preach heavily, but am not a fan of a lot of their  recent "short men" videos. One of the first videos I ever saw of Aba N Preach was about heightism, very early in their YouTube career where they pointed out the hypocrisy about women and their battle with body issues versus their attitudes toward shorter guys. It was one of their first viral videos. 

In this video, they cover viral sensation Dynzell Sigers who underwent leg lengthening surgery to go from 5'5 to 6' late last year, and another man named Brian who went from 6' to 6'6! Like a lot of non-short men, they poke fun at Dynzell and other shorter guys by calling them "hobbits" and not being of the "master race", but then can't wrap their heads around why they'd want to escape the constant ridicule. They do end the video on a good note by acknowledging how attitudes toward cosmetic procedures are inching rapidly toward indifference for both men and women considering how common they've become and how people are more open about it. 

New to the site and thought I would introduce myself.

Name is John and I attend college in New York City. 

I don't have any issues with believing the validity of this post from DC Urban Mom. Even withstanding this man's height, this phenomenon about leaving a marriage due to peer pressure is a vey real phenomenon.

I've seen this happen with women who want to upgrade to a better lifestyle or because they befriend party types. If the guy was otherwise a good man, then this type of situation definitely blows.