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Re: 86% of women claim to want complimentary partner. Data says otherwise. Thread Starter

According to a study printed by publication FiveThirtyEight, 86% of women claimed to want a partner who "compliments" them rather than "resembles" them. Data they pulled from over 1 million matches from the website eHarmony while examining 102 traits said otherwise.

Men were satisfied with an 80% similarity in looks, interests, education, creativity and income, however women were far more strict. The review of data was done in 2014.

The publication "FiveThirtyEight" is now property of the American Broadcasting Company.

The image above is from the article. You can find the FiveThirtyEight article here.

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Re: Attractiveness By Race. Is Perceived Height A Factor? Thread Starter

Data from a study conducted by Ok Cupid in 2014, revisited from 2009.

You can see that white women are rated highest by all men (slight negative expression from Black Men).

Black women take the back seat from all men (the least negative expression is from Black Men, though it's still in the negative).

From all women, white men are preferred by far with the exception of black women. Black women give a slight nod to Asian men.

White women prefer their own with Latinos getting some grace. I would bet that is because there are many white passing Latinos.

Some conjecture online from Asian men is that they believe that their perceived lack of height (older stereotype) might be the culprit, but it wouldn't explain why Black men are rated lower when they don't hold that same stereotype. Here is an example of this conjecture on a reddit post.

I would be great to see a 2024 update, especially with all of the political shake-ups which have taken place since then which might have an effect on opinions and perceptions.

You can find an overview of the data in this OkCupid article here.

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Re: Height Preferences In Humans May Not Be Universal Thread Starter

2012 study suggests that height preferences in humans may not be universal due to cultures where extreme sexual dimorphism in stature is preferred.

You can read the full study from Elsevier via PubMed here.

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Re: Are there any cultures that prefer shorter men?

When you say culture, I'm assuming that you mean with respect to romance.

That I am not sure about, however, I remember reading about businesses to have a preference for shorter workers.

This TAL podcast highlights the experience of Japanese workers at a Toyota Plant in Japan when some Americans came in for training.

From the transcript:

"The narrator in this Japanese public television program points out that the American worker is nine years older than his Toyota trainer. He also notes for his Japanese viewers that the Americans are so much larger than the Japanese, they waste a second or two more each time they get in and out of the vehicles they're building, which makes them 10% to 15% less productive than their Asian counterparts."

This makes it pretty clear that in this work culture, shorter men would be preferred. I picked up this stat here from Reddit. According to the data, men are more represented in the workforce than women, so it can be inferred again that there is a preference for shorter workers in certain sectors (in this case automotive) in Japan. I've never heard of this preference expressed here in the west.