It's really not particularly indicative of anything, really. The survey was done by a British cosmetics website, first of all, presumably with their customers. Does the website sell anything but hair and cosmetics intended for anyone but the paler of Britishfolk? If not, that's a hell of a self-selection in terms…

These make me so sad. I have heard things like these all day. A conversation I have had many times:

He's cute is what he is.

That just tells me you're even dumber than I thought. "Big Alterna" is a very common term, used to point out to people like you who claim "big pharma" is fueled by greed alone, that the alternative medicine industry also makes huge profits from consumers, often on BS products like homeopathic remedies and supplements…

I, on the other hand, love my HBC. I love it. Love love LOVE. It allows me to live a normal life, one that doesn't include bleeding out all of my dietary iron all month long. I eat it like popcorn. Nomnomnom. Unnatural? Okay. If endometriosis is natural, then fuck that. Bring on the chemicals.

Do not trust your doctor,

I'm curious. Do you take any other medications? Advil? Asprin? Ever taken antibiotics? All of those things interrupt the natural order of something in your body. I'm assuming you don't object those those changes?

Your experience cannot be extrapolated to all women.

And then there are women like me, who actually need to have their hormones adjusted. Otherwise, I bleed too much and become dangerously anemic. It's not fun.

*crosses eyes* Ok, 56% increase compared to earlier progestin-based birth control pills - which means, what? (Because it's not just a 56% increase, which is what most people will read it as.)

That is a reality. But it's not just tall women who have these 'requirements'. In fact since tall women (over 5'8") are very rare I hold mostly short and average ones responsible for perpetuating height bias. And as a tall woman, to hold onto something like that only limits your our chances at finding a good…

K. Considering the pity party you're having for yourself, plus the "I'm white! Everything is my fault! (sarcasm) [but I refuse to realize people aren't talking about me specifically but the underlying white power structure ingrained in our society]" bs, I'm not buying the "I'm not an MRA!" line.

Look, as a 5'6" guy — and I hate to say this and go onto a path of bitterness and monolithing women — but this is a very, very real thing.

It's never been a problem for me. I'm a guy, 5'5. So what? I've always done just fine socially and financially. Height just isn't an issue to me. If a woman thinks I'm too short for her, then she doesn't really have the values I'd want in someone, anyway. Personality and the overall life you have are what's most…

You know, I'm pretty sick of the waah wahh poor short guy crap. I'm 5'8, and I have nothing against dating short guys, but you know who's always made height an issue? THE FUCKING SHORT GUYS. This doesn't come from women. It comes from the guys themselves. Small Man Complex is a fucking killer. I know ONE very short…

I love that Peeta's height is a non-issue in the Hunger Games. Yes, there are lots of not-super-tall male actors out there, but movies often seem to go to great lengths to disguise that fact. Peeta is visibly shorter than Katniss is many scenes, and neither of them give a fuck, and it is beautiful. Just like him.

My boyfriend's sister is a couple inches shorter than he is, at maybe 6'3". Her husband is average height if not a tad below, and they've been very happily married for ten years. I'm 14 inches shorter than my partner, and while we aren't going to ballroom dance or have sex standing up anytime soon, it otherwise…

I'm a 23 year old guy, and I think dating anyone under 20 is really fucking predatory and creepy. Man or woman.

Thank you for telling your story here, that can't have been easy.