OK. To some degree, each answer is valid in its own right, for some men in some situations.
Being a short male is hard-- that's a universal. We are dealt a rotten hand in life, physically, and denied a LOT of good things that normal and tall men enjoy every day and totally take for granted. That's not fair AND you can't change it. Live with it and work really hard to make the best of it.
A few of us have success stories. I have shared in older posts that my wife has always found me attractive because I have a V-shaped build & big chest, and she fears large men. Period. I developed the other aspects of myself to be really attractive, valuable, and respected. No, it wasn't easy. Yes, I had all the cards stacked against me. So do you. But if your friends and family and mate and children see you as tough, victorious, smart, honest, generous, kind, positive, and confident they will love and respect you.
Total strangers will most likely bully you, ignore you, overlook you, and not value you. Look tough and smile all the time. People don't know how to respond to that. When I'm in public, I walk briskly like I'm in charge. I carry myself with an aire of authority. And then I smile and act graciously and generously. Do that and you'll impress people that you are not to be discounted, but that you are also "bigger" when it comes to being kind.
Be prepared. Don't be caught off guard by the a**hole relative at the family reunion that loves to make fun of you. Have your response to him planned in advance. I always do. Billy the Bully doesn't hassle me anymore after what I said last time.
Read books and articles about this subject. Learn all you can from others.
Don't ever talk it about it with someone you don't know well and trust. Journal about it. Record your thoughts for yourself.
Basically, it's no one else's life problem and they don't really care. Tall guys have NO clue-- don't ever talk about it with them. They have every advantage in life, and we have a boatload of disadvantages. The nicest, kindest tall guy is still tall. He's not the enemy, but he surely cannot feel our pain. Only one of us can feel our pain-- not a woman or anyone else. Only another short guy knows the he** of a lifetime spent in a body that everyone else grew out of. If a tall guy wants to understand, ask him what his adult life would have been like if he had been stuck in the body of a 12-yr old boy the whole time. He can't imagine it.
I hope this helps all of you who read it.