So 5'9" Isn't Tall For A Woman... | Why Can't Anyone Agree On What's Considered 'Tall'?

This is a podcast for the tall girlies, right well, I mean, obviously it's literally called a tall girls podcast, And I've gotten quite a few messages, emails, reviews, comments from tall women of different heights saying how this podcast has helped them love their height. And I'm honestly extremely grateful to be receiving those from you guys. And those heights range from five to eight all the way up to six five sixty six, which is honestly a pretty big range. And if you were to actually line up those heights next to each other and ask everyday people which of these heights they consider tall, or at least the starting point of tall for a woman, I bet you would get different answers. Some people will say six to one, some people will say five to ten, some people will apparently say five to five. I'm just gonna let that sink in for a sec. But it's pretty apparent then no one can agree on what's considered tall for a woman. So we're gonna dive a bit deeper into this debate today and maybe even settle it once and for all. So without further ado, well let's get into it. Good morning, everybody, you are currently listening to a Tall Girls podcast hosted by a tall girl named India. I hope everyone who is sitting in today is doing super fantastic. Before I get into this episode, I do want to say, make sure you're following me on my socials at a Tall Girls Podcast, on Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest, so that you could stay up to date on all of the latest podcast episodes and catch a glens of my everyday life. Also, feel free to leave me a review and let me know how tall you are. I'm genuinely curious. I also have a monthly newsletter, make sure you subscribe to that. Everything is going to be linked in the description. Hope everybody is doing okay, especially in this weather if you're living in the Northeast. I'm sure earlier this week you guys got like some type of warning or something regarding a snowstorm. And then on top of that, we're gonna have free literally freezing weather below freezing weather for the next few days. For that, we had it for the past few days and we're gonna have it for the next few days. So I hope that you guys are staying safe saying warm you know. Funny thing. Also, before we get into the episode, I saw this TikTok video of a woman, a lady, a girly saying that, saying to not invite her out if the temperature is younger than her, and I'm like, I'm gonna start using that because some people have been inviting me. Like, for example, one of my friends invited me out to go threating this weekend and the high was going to be eighteen degrees. I was like, no, it's too cold for that. But you know what, eighteen degrees eighteen is younger than my age. I'm twenty three, about to be twenty four, So I'm gonna start saying that, don't invite me out if the weather is younger than me. Period. Anyways, as for this episode, I actually did a TikTok video on this super super long ago. By the way, follow me on TikTok out of Talk Balls podcast. I did a TikTok video on this as a response to another video that I'm going to play later on in a sec And that TikTok video that I did did pretty well on my page actually because it sparked to debate in the common section about what is considered tall for a woman. Now back to the video that I actually did a response or a stitch too. Apparently there's this five five girly who believes she's tall. So as a five to ten girly, what does that make me? I have a friend who's six y three, what does that make her? Gigantic? Humongous, larger than life? Anyways, let me play this video for you guys. Okay, So I need to get something off my chest. I used to hate being a tall girl. Like I'm so serious. I used to hate being tall, and I used to make me insecure. I'm five to five and I know a lot of people are thinking, oh, that's not really tall, but yes it's tall, and think about it too, especially when I wear shoes or like sneakers, It'll add one to two inches on me. So I can be five six to five seven depending on my shoes on my not day. Anyway, growing up, I feel like I would always get made fun of of being tall, and like when you're younger and when you're in middle school, when you're in high school, it's like kind of hard on you because like all the guys used to always go for shorter girls, and it would make be insecure because I would be standing in pictures with my friends and I would be like towering over them. Or like, let's say, if there was a guy I really liked a lot of the times, they would be kind of short, so like I would straight away from like wearing keels because I didn't want to seem taller than them, Like I felt like it was a masculine. It's not masculine. I was just under that impression because society kind of bullied me for my height. And then what really used to send me is like the tall guys, guys that used to be like six feet tall, six feet three, they would all like the really short girls, like they would like girls that were like four feet tall, five feet tall. And then it would just leave me just staying that they're tall and dumb. And let me tell y'all these comments are something else. Wait, is this a skit, a parody, a prank? Because in what dimension is five to five considered tall? In what world is five to five tall? Is the tall here with us in the room? These are all separate comments. By the way, another person commented tall is five to seven plus without heels. As a response to that, someone else said, I think five to eight plus, and then as a response to that response, someone said five to nine with like the little asterisk symbol indicating it's like some type of correction, basically correcting the person saying five to nine is tall. Five nine and up is tall. Five nine and up without heels is tall. Yes, And for starters, I just want to put it out there that in the video itself, she was saying something about how a lot of the people around her are like five feet tall and she's five five, and she feels like she's towering over them, towering over those people who are five feet tall. And I just want to say, feeling tall doesn't mean that you're actually tall. Just because you're five six around a bunch of people who are like five feet tall and you feel like you're towering over them, that doesn't make you an actual tall woman. That just makes you taller than everyone around you, not tall. Full stop. Now we have another girly, a tall girly, who is talking about what she considers tall for a woman I've. Seen from like TikTok shop reviews and all of these things, and people like you know, showing off jumpers and sets and all this stuff. People talking about, Oh, I'm five to seven and this reaches my ankles. The five eleven in me makes me want to grab you by your leave and tell you you're not tall. I get it. The average height for a woman is like five six or something. That's average. So you think that you're tall because you're above average. That is not tall. I'm sorry. I consider anybody who's like five nine, and to me five nine is kind of like also kind of normal. But when a five to nine woman stands next to me, I don't feel like she's like right below my nose. I consider five to nine too above that as a tall woman. And now, as for the comments we're seeing as a five to seven girl, I do feel I am tall. To me five ten and up, I guess saying that five ten and up is tall for a woman. Another person says six feet I'm five eight, not tall at all. Lol. Then we have something interesting here. Saying I'm six' one five to seven is WHAT i consider average. Height you could go on almost any store and find pants that. FIT i need to see a review from six foot BEFORE i believe it fits. Tall so, yeah it's pretty evident that people cannot agree on what's considered tall for a, Woman and just from those comments, alone we can also see a smaller debate within this larger. Debate it just shows that there are people out there who believe that if your height starts with a, five even as a, woman you are not. Tall, now as a, short tall girly standing at a little over five to, TEN i just want to say that the five, nine five, ten five eleven girlies also experience many of the tall girl problems that the six foot and up gurlies. Face so justice for the short tall. GIRLIES i, see, Y'ALL i am. Y'all we also get the sports questions do you play basketball or do you play? Volleyball we also get the comments, like oh my, gosh you're so, tall or oh my, gosh you're really. Tall we also struggle with finding pants in, store finding long, sleeves finding dresses and, skirts and so. Forth and that's because many people compare women tall to man, tall because the average of a, MAN i, believe is like around five nine five, Ten so when they see a five, nine five ten maybe five eleven, women they're, like that's not that. Tall but that's like a different discussion for a different. Day either, way the Short Tall. GIRLS i feel like, people, yes they say we're not that tall and often try to invalidate some of our experiences as tall, people as tall. WOMEN i did ask you guys in a poll over On, instagram And i'm gonna do a quick little plug. Here make sure you follow me at A Tall girls podcast so you can participate in these polls and have your opinions heard on these. Episodes BUT i did ask you guys in a poll over On, instagram what do you consider tall for a? Woman twelve percent of you guys said five to seven and, up fifty eight percent of you guys said five to nine and, up and thirty percent of you guys said six feet. Up for, STARTERS i just want to, say thirty, percent thirty percent of you guys don't consider me. TALL i am not tall to you. Guys i'm not tall to thirty percent of. Y'all what do y'all? Mean? Like does this mean that A Tall girls podcast is a? Hoax does that MEAN i MEAN i need to step down as hosts of A Tall girl's podcast because you guys don't consider me. Tall the whole premise of this podcast is Because i'm a tall girl sharing my experiences and thoughts about being a tall. Woman i'm a tall, woman sharing my, experiences the thoughts being a tall, woman, whatever same. Thing but thirty percent of you guys don't Think i'm. Tall that is. CRAZY i figured most people would say five to nine and up because people usually think around five to, eight five nine and up or five, nine five ten and, up and the least majority being five to. SEVEN i figured because you, know some people say five to seven is tall for a. Woman some people say a lot of people actually say it's. Not that's very much up in the. Air, HOWEVER i did receive a couple of dms from you. Guys one person, said one tall girly, said there's a woman on threads talking about five to five is too tall to be short and too short to be. Tall i'm, like, ma'am if you don't, sit you're short oop. Down, yeah like five to five being too tall to be short but too sh short to be. TALL i, mean if the average height of a woman is five three and a half five to four in THE, us you're pretty much around average. HEIGHT i don't know about too tall to be short but too short to be. TALL i DON'T i, YEAH i kind of agree with her and her. Thoughts another tall, girl he said five ten and up, again that kind of. Figured THEN i assume that this is a. MAN a man actually DMed me and, said any girl who is over five foot, five meaning over five foot, five you're tall to. Him, eh, okay everybody is entitled to their own thoughts and. Opinions that doesn't necessarily mean THAT i agree with. You but you know, what this, poll honestly and THE dms, honestly just goes to show that no one can agree on what's considered tall for a. Woman so very interesting. Thoughts feel free to let me know what you guys think about this in the. Comments but it all boils down to one. Question why can no one agree on what's considered tall for a woman versus, like, oh five to seven and up is? Tall then some people say, no five to, nine five ten and up is? Tall but then you have others saying you have to be at least six feet, Tall like y'all is too much? Math can we please agree on a, number a, measurement. Something, well the answer to that question, is or at least here's my opinion. THERE i don't even think there's one correct answer to, OKAY i think, listen my opinion to this, is no one is ever gonna. Agree, ever no one is ever gonna agree on what's considered tall for a. Woman, okay we can all at least say that the average height of a woman in THE us is like five three and a half five, four, Right but in The, netherlands the average height of a woman is five.' seven that's like three three and a half inches taller than the average head of a woman IN. The us, so basically the average height of a woman In the netherlands is seen as tall here IN the us by. Some people and let me, tell Y'ALL when i Went, to amsterdam this was a long. TIME ago I think i was in high SCHOOL when i Went to amsterdam. OR something i didn't reach my full HEIGHT when i was in, high SCHOOL so I think i was like five to nine, PEOPLE there i felt. Average height my mom is like. FIVE eight i think she's, SHRINKING though i think because. OF menopause i should probably do an episode on that shrinking because. Of, menopause, Yeah anyways i'm back to. This topic she was like. Five eight she. Looked short she looked, SHORT there i looked. Average height the women there. WERE tall i felt. At home that's besides. The Point what i'm trying to say here is location plays a big factor in what people consider to. Be tall but even like within countries like IN, the us, FOR example i feel Like In new york people will see, me as oh like not that tall or more average height because people here are on the, taller SIDE whereas i, don't know maybe like further up north or maybe, down south people there may, be shorter so they may see me as. Extremely tall location plays a big part in what people consider tall for, a woman Is what i'm trying to. Say here based on where, people live based on where, people are everybody's gonna have different opinions on what. Is tall and if we want to take it a, step further it's not just about your, geographic location your geographic environment, as well it could also be your, social environment your. Familial environment does not even, make sense? All right what? So okay just as the example as the VIDEO that i played earlier with the five five girly saying that, she's tall she was talking about how people around her are like five feet tall and she's towering, over them so she feels tall because the people around her are like five inches shorter. Than her that's, like me as a five, tenich girly being around a bunch of women who are like five four or, Five five i'm gonna feel. Outrageously, tall HOWEVER if i am around a bunch of women who are six three, sixty FOUR which i would love to be around more tall girlies in my day to, day life let me tell. You that BUT if i was around a bunch of six, Four girlies i'm gonna. Feel short it really just depends on the people, you're around even in like, family situations like you could be five eight and your, family members the women, family members or just all family members could be shorter. Than you they could be like, five six. Five seven you're gonna feel tall. Around them but if you put yourself in a room full of other statistically true, tall women you're gonna, feel average or you're probably even gonna. Feel Short and i'm not saying that that, is wrong, you know to feel tall around other people when on paper you're not ACTUALLY like i don't even know If what i'm saying makes. Sense now i'm just saying that for the with the five, five girl using her as, an EXAMPLE because i FEEL like i can explain this better with. An example i'm not, Saying, that okay she is like low, key Wrong but i'm not saying that basing how you feel like, feeling tall basing that on your, Personal experiences i'm not saying that that is wrong because that's how. You feel you KNOW what, i mean AND so i can understand, feeling tall, feeling large feeling like you stick out when you're comparing yourself to the people that. You're around it's based on your. Unique experiences, so yes you can, feel tall, but truthfully, on paper. You. Are wrong that sounds. So weird, it's, LIKE okay i, Get it like the people around you are making you, feel tall and it's one thing to, feel tall but it's another thing to actually. Be tall because you can, feel tall but you can still find pants. In store people won't go up to you asking you if you, play sports or pointing out your height or making comments about your. Long limbs you may not necessarily receive aggressive behaviors from men because you're taller, than them or around, their height or just tall. In general you may not struggle with the pains in your neck in your back because you're uncomfortable around sinks and encounters that are, awfully low or you may have a hard time finding mattresses that are long enough for your long limbs in. Your body in my, personal opinion if you don't consistently experience those tall, girl problems you are. Not tall that even goes for let's say the five seven girlies who just have long limbs and they have very, long legs so, you know they may have a hard time finding pants in store because of. Their proportions but if you don't experience the other problems like the aggressive behaviors, from people, other people, other men if you don't get the high questions or people don't constantly make comments about, your body it's like are you? Really tall but, then again it could also definitely be based on the people you're around and where, you live so just taking that. Into account so why can nobody agree on what's considered tall for. A woman it has a lot to do with it's. Very subjective it has a lot to do, with, experiences location. And perception so if you want to know, MY opinion i believe that the starting point of tall for a woman is five, to nine maybe five eight and. A half but you can round that up to five. Nine honestly, So yeah i'm gonna end the. Episode here thank you so much for. TUNING in i really, appreciate IT and i. Appreciate you these are just my thoughts. And opinions you can let me know what you think in the comments or IN. My dms why do you think people can't agree on what's? Considered tall what do you consider the starting point of tall for a woman or just tall? In general what are your experiences like as, a short. Tall girly are you a five to five girly also feeling tall around a bunch of people who are like five? FEET tall i want. To know let me know in, the comments let me know IN. My dms i'm open to chatting and let's just have. A discussion this is what it's. All about and please stay safe in. This weather, bundle up wear. YOUR layers i hope you have a good rest of, your, day, week, month, year life whatever it is, for You and i'll catch hell in the. Next one good night. And goodbye