
As a somewhat GNC woman I FUCKING WISH I was 5’10 but instead I’m 5’2” 😭 taller women have told me that they wish were my height so they could feel more “feminine”. But if I wear 6 in heels that would also be considered feminine like genuinely fml. I’ve even tried cutting my hair short but with my petite frame and round face I just read as “cutesy” and I fucking hate it. Also it’s been statistically proven that tall women get paid more than us shorties.
I’ve even started strength training… maybe that will help with not look so hyperfeminine and maybe it’ll also make me look a little bit older (bc at 5’2 w/ a round face I look like a teenager and it’s NOT ONLY annoying asf, but it’s kinda ruining my life). I’m not saying I have it worse, but as a woman it seems like we can never win. It’s always: too skinny/ too fat, too young/ too old, too short/ too tall, trying too hard wearing too much makeup/ letting yourself go…
When I was in high school I had really bad body image issues. I am “proportionate,” like a healthy weight for my height, but I was also an athlete. I felt sooo overweight and it made me so upset bc in my head it was like “I’m tall AND I’m fat???” But it didn’t show bc it was all lean. I didn’t learn about muscle weight until I was 18. When I realized how BUFF I was, it all went out the window. Anyways, all that to say the masculine feeling saved me
I stopped letting other people convince me that I didn't love it. I notice a lot of these comments have "I'm tall but I look like *insert generic insult most tall women are told at a young age*." Also I go to a D1 school, most of us are tall and it's the norm. Realistically, the only thing annoying about being tall is buying clothes. Everything else is just ignorant people yelling in your ear to be ashamed of it.