I’m a man. Yes, the advice is insipid and the phrasing of “girly breasts” is weird.

I also watched it last night. What was morally ambiguous?

Yeah, I watched it last night. Better than I thought. I intended on only having it on while my mashed potatoes boiled. I ended up watching the whole thing.

I am male, but in my life I have also asked qustions when I knew the answer, although, mainly to make conversation. What do you do when the response you hear is in fact incorrect?

Well, I never said that. You’re taking this to an extreme. But if this is how you feel, then I expect to see you on Jezebel every single day telling people how insignificant the media’s effect is on our perception of beauty. Somehow, I am skeptical that you will do this.

I think you’re greatly exaggerating the influence of the media on peoples’ interpretation of beauty. In fact, Jezebel makes a huge deal about this all the time.

Is it really that difficult to comprehend? Female privilege basically comes down to society is forgiving of boring women, and not of boring men. Boring is: quiet, shy, uninteresting, unintelligent, dull, etc.

What is the worst crap you’ve read today? My comment? If so, please explain why you think that.

I am 6’. This entire article is about female sexism. The title itself is alarmingly accusatory, “Why are you still rejecting short guys?” As in, too many women are being sexist and Jezebel wants it to stop.

Yeah, probably. But they have tv, and thin women do exist in their areas, they are just rarer. So, those flyover state boys are indeed lowering their standards.

frankly, that is hardly encouraging. You’re basically informing me of female privilege and female sexism. Thank you.

I think it is better to be chivalrous than whiny.

Short people can’t do a damn thing about their height. And honestly, I do think that if you are single and looking, and overweight, you should try to lose some weight, regardless of gender. And people frequently tell men, to “be less boring,” which is also quite difficult, and is much less of a female concern.

Hi. When I meet a black man, I assume he has a black girlfriend. Yeah, sometimes I am wrong. When I meet an Asian woman, I assume she has a white boyfriend. Yeah, sometimes I am wrong. And when I meet an Asian man, I assume he has no girlfriend. Yeah, sometimes I am wrong.

Agreed. And the Independent article does state that.

WEll, I just checked out some craigslist personals (in San francisco) and found some women specifying height. You know what? I think that craigslist might have been a bad example since people can ask for height among other things once a conversation has been struck. Back in the days of straight up printed newspaper…

Well, it seems to me that even human males are roughly only slightly bigger than human females. This is obscured by the fact that so many men are trying to get bigger and so many women are trying to get smaller.

Your last line is really troubling. Firstly, many people do not go to bars (or crowded bars), or go to standup concerts. Man, I can totally envision a 5’4” man who is more concerned with his dating prospects than bartender attention and concert elbows. Sorry man, but you are just plain wrong.

You say that men discussing the standards women hold them to is “whiny.” How about when women discuss the standards they are held to. Is that also whiny? I think you’re just being chivalrous, as in, women can complain, but men cannot.

I see more couples with more attractive women than men. I think a big part of this is because there are just more good looking women than good looking men.