While many factors may contribute (including the Mediterranean diet and a lively social life) – one possible reason may be that the people are a little on the short side, with an average male height of around 160cm (or 5ft 3in) for the oldest generation. Villagrande Strisaili in Sardinia is known to have the highest proportion of centenarians in the whole of Europe. Verdict: Taller people might seem to win the dating game, but that doesn’t always translate into success.
It’s not always true what people say about “men with big feet”, after all. Perhaps men of greater stature raised the women’s expectations, and so they were judged particularly harshly if they failed to make the grade. Curiously, the taller the man, the more important his penis size seemed to be in determining his overall attractiveness. One study recently examined women’s judgements of penis size. But although they may be prized as supermodels, tall women do not seem to enjoy the same advantages in the dating game, however – an average height generally seems to be preferred.Įven for men, a lanky body could be mixed blessing, if it means people also pay greater attention to your other endowments. Intriguingly, you can even guess someone’s height from their face, meaning a mugshot on a dating website is not going to hide a more diminutive frame. Study after study has found that taller men and women are generally considered more attractive. Towering, statuesque men do tend to have more allure.
Verdict: It’s easier for taller people to have the upper hand. But on the basis of first impressions alone, taller people may have the edge. Not all high achievers are giants among men, of course (Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King exuded charisma despite being on the short side). But height also reflects nutrition as a child – so perhaps it simply acts as a more general indicator of your upbringing, which may in turn influence your education and success later in life. It could be that we naturally associate height with “greatness” and “dominance” – two traits that are important for leadership. Confirming the correlation, a recent study found that taller candidates do indeed tend to receive more votes.īeyond the race to the White House, taller men and women are considered to be more dominant, healthy, and intelligent, and are more likely to be chosen for more competitive jobs they also earn more money.
BBC Future combed through the evidence to size up its impact on everything from your sexual allure to your bank account and your lifespan.Īt 6ft 4in (193cm), Abraham Lincoln would tower above Barack Obama – but even he is around 3in (8cm) taller than the average American. Your height is a simple biological fact that you can do little to change, yet it may be influencing your destiny in ways you didn’t realise.
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