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Honestly, I didn't take her comment as a big offense because I question it.  She stated that if you're short, then you're aggressive and nasty.  Should 'aggressive' and/or 'nasty' be considered bad?     

Life can be hard for us shorter men.  Why?  Because some people ridicule us for our height.  These people don't give us respect, dignity, nor voice.  Instead, they give us treatment as if we are 'children'.  This post is to grant tips to cope for the shorter man.  You are free to not take these tips; however, I will say that these tips have helped me.

1.  Avoid various social media and online articles.  Why?  Because they tend to be superficial and disingenuous.  Using these can destroy your self-esteem and provoke anger - very unhealthy.  Instead of relying on online articles for sources, I recommend looking at the generic newspaper or academic texts.

2.  Pursue your hobbies.  Why?  Because it takes away negativity in the mind.  Instead of focusing on hurtful memories or people, change the channel and focus on something fun!  You like building models?  Invest in various model sets where you can build and be proud of your creation!  Like reading?  Go buy some exciting books!  Like making art?  Grab yourself a sketchbook and conte crayon, make creation!  Focus on hobbies that you love doing!  Trust me, it helps.

3.  Pursue your career.  Why?  You ever hear the mantra, "Respect is earned."?  This saying can be used for our advantage because it can go hand in hand with your career.  I'm a 5'1 dude, and I have to say, people have been giving me major respect for my career-oriented progress.  I go to one of the best higher education institutions in the world.  The point that I am trying to make, is aiming high can lead to happiness.  With more success or education, you will receive more respect and better treatment.  Also, as you know, education can lead to high-powered careers.  You know those careers, where bullies don't have the brain capacity and wit to attain?  Yes, those.  If you get into these careers, you can avoid these bullies, whom we know as superficial and hurtful.  There will be less of these people, and instead, you will be surrounded by mostly determined and positive people, which is healthy!

4.  Take down 'walls'!  What do I mean by this?  Walls are various perceptions that people hold when socializing.  They can be anything really... both positive and negative!  Get rid of the negative walls!  A negative wall can be the constant thought that the person is judging your height.  Get rid of this wall!  You don't even know if they are thinking about this!  All I say is, socialize without any walls, or false perceptions.  

5.  Get rid of external validation!  The ridding of external validation...  This is superficialness's archenemy .  Apparently superficialness runs rampant in the world!  It's looming presence 'dehumanizes' people!  After all, look what it did to some of us...  That's why we must rid it's major mechanic - external validation.  Superficialness calls for the individual to get validated by others through physical characteristics, i.e., external validation.  We don't need this!  Get rid of it!  I got rid of external validation because I don't need some 'girl' or 'dude' judging me!  I judge myself!  Hell, I think I'm a 10/10.   

Well, I hope the tips help you.  Love 'em, hate 'em,  It's all up to you.  Quite frankly, it was fun and enamoring writing this post!  The goal of this post is to uplift the downtrodden and troubled men experiencing heightism; nonetheless, I think these can be used by anyone who is going through negativity!  Take care, and be positive!   

Please express your thoughts on MGTOW.  A lot of women nowadays judge men based on an unfair criteria.  Why should there be investment towards them?  

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I believe Japan and some parts of Europe would respect shorter men.  Why? Because if you look at their culture, they don't have that "Bigger is better masculinity" ideology as much as the U.S.  Look at their cars for example, Euro and Japanese cars are smaller and compact as opposed to "American Muscle".  You may think that is irrelevant, but the sizes of apparatuses used in life can be linked to culture.  Look at Japan's anime, the smaller man tends to be the main character.  I'm also thinking that geography might have something to do with culture and height.  Notice how Japan and the parts of Europe are smaller nations?  With that said, I study history.  Both of their histories express the "small rising up".             

And height discrimination seems to be common in U.S., China, and maybe Korea.  I will explain my reasoning in the following:  For U.S., look at the ideology that is present there: "The bigger the better."  The American culture exclaims that and it ends up coinciding with height.  American kids are taught that "taller is better," Here's some anecdotal evidence: In elementary school when the teacher makes us get in order based on height.  Taller gets the front, shorter gets the back.  "Tall" ends up becoming synonymous with "good".  After all, you never hear a person say, "Wow! he/she is so short!"(As a compliment).  The same issue occurs in China; in fact, I think it is worse over there.  They have height requirements for career ads.  A documentary states that shorter men have no hope there, i.e. China.  It is an extreme elitist society that is grounded on superficial thought.  For example, look at their social structure: the darker skin people do manual labor whereas the lighter skin hold 'clean' jobs.  I have been there.  Korea also adopts these systems from China and U.S.