Green | March 12, 2008 | 6 comments

Short people are most prone to jealousy, say scientists

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080312/od_afp/sciencepsychologysexoffbeat

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Researches asked 549 Dutch and Spanish men and women to rate how jealous they felt, and to list the qualities in a romantic competitor that were most likely to make them feel "ill at ease."


Men felt most nervous about attractive, rich and strong rivals. The feelings increasingly relaxed the taller the subject was.

Women felt most nervous about a rival's looks and charm. The feelings relaxed the closer they were to average height.

Get some stilts/heels peeps, and get over it.
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6 comments // Short people are most prone to jealousy, say scientists

  • pressrecord
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      pressrecord  

    • i admit taller more wealthy guys can be intimidating when they start hitting on my girl...but taller more wealthy guys get intimidated when their girl starts hitting on me...and i'm a total midget!

    • 4 years ago
  • Prodius
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      Prodius  

    • mattbrawn, as a fellow member of the normal population of tall people I am going to assume that you answer your own question with a resounding NO.

      I know i am comfortable with my height and do not care for people who try to belittle me to make their short little maze like lives seem like a god-like game of chess.

      So to answer your question i do not get jealous of other people's height, i hope you do not either :).

    • 4 years ago
  • brianjhong
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      brianjhong  

    • well, you 549 Dutch and Spanish men...it doesn't look like you fit in with the rest of the world! Short does not equal more jealousy!

    • 4 years ago
  • mattbrawn
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      mattbrawn  

    • I think jealousy can't simply be attributed to height.

      I'm 6'6 and can get pretty jealous, although I've seen the other side of the coin - I've had abuse thrown at me by much shorter people for seemingly non-apparent reasons, it became such a regular thing, I named it SMS - short man syndrome.

      Do you think you get jealous of other people's height?

    • 4 years ago
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