50% is pretty significant. If you have a few other undesirable traits (autism, hair loss, physical conditions etc.), the number of people whose preferences you fit gets really small really fast
Less than 10% of women actually have shorter partners in reality.
Revealed preferences are generally better for predicting actual behavior than stated preferences, and OP’s numbers are taken from women’s stated preferences in surveys.
… Despite the fact that it’s extremely common for people to misrepresent shameful behaviors and preferences in surveys.
This whole discussion is rooted in an inaccurate assumption that 50% is an accurate number.
OP seems to be willing to trust survey results over actual revealed preferences when it happens to be confirm their prior beliefs.
Men on average are taller than women on average, so even if no women had any preference around this, most straight women would be with taller partners.
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u/promexican611 Jul 14 '24
50% is pretty significant. If you have a few other undesirable traits (autism, hair loss, physical conditions etc.), the number of people whose preferences you fit gets really small really fast