Ep. 34: The Fetishization of Tall Women | The Dark Side of Social Media for Tall Women
Gewd morning! Another lovely winter day with some 9 degree weather! I’m just loving this! In all honesty, I actually am kind of getting used to this. Just staying inside, listening to the wind blowing outside, under my covers, watching a bunch of Netflix reality shows, and typing up this blog! I genuinely cannot imagine anything more comfortable in my life.
Now, today is a very different topic from what I’m used to because I usually focus on self acceptance or funny tall people things, but I feel like this “issue” can kind of play into both. It can really affect how tall women view their bodies and it is a “tall people (well, tall girl)” thing. Is it funny though? I don’t really know.
Quick disclaimer: I am going to because talking about fetishes, which involves women being sexualized. I know some of my listeners/readers are in the 13-18 range, and I don’t know if you or your parents are comfortable with this topic. If so, I recommend you click off this immediately. I also want to say I’m not looking to insult anyone’s fetish. Everyone has their own thing and that’s fine, but when it becomes unhealthy, it’s not okay.
If you don’t know what a fetish is, it’s like an obsession (almost like a sexual obsession) of something. Probably the most widely known one is a foot fetish, which is also associated with tall women. Some people like photos, videos, etc. involving feet. Other commonly known fetishes associated with tall women include heels, long legs, domination, crushing (literally) etc.
Now when I started this podcast, I have gotten comments pretty early on like "tall girls” with a heart eyes emoji or “show me your long legs”. Pretty creepy stuff, but easy to ignore. Then, recently, I’ve been getting DMs asking me what my foot size is and constantly trying to get weird videos and photos from me. And I think when it gets to that point it’s not okay because I don’t respond to these people which makes it PRETTY CLEAR that I’m not interested, and yet they still keep messaging me.
It’s not okay to force people into stuff like this. But how can we combat it? If you’re personally experiencing this, what should you do? Listen to the full episode to find out!
I just want to say that sexualizing tall women, and women in general, is NOT okay. I feel like it’s important to talk about topics like this because it’s important to spread awareness and make sure that other younger tall girls who just started experiencing this are not alone. THank you so much for tuning in to this episode today; please leave a review/comment/message and let me know what you think and even your experiences. If you’re more comfortable privately messaging me, you can do so @atallgirlspodcast on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Pinterest. I’ll catch you in the next episode.
Goodnight and goodbyyyyyeee,
India