NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, Apr. 13 - Apr. 19, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 15 April 2015 10:37:43PM *  0 points [-]

My tentative hypothesis: the less difference there is, the more important it becomes to signal it. More weird stuff in the article.

To me signal doesn't account well for factors such as height. I do accept that psychological factors can influence height. It still seems a stretch to think that stronger pressure on male signaling that they are tall because of egalitarianism leads to taller males.

In a world with 1.80m female models a lot of woman also want to be taller than they are. I doubt that there psychological pressure on women to be small.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 April 2015 03:57:17AM -1 points [-]

I think there's been a shift, with tall women being much more valued than they used to be some decades ago, but I've heard that tall teen-aged girls still get harassed for their height.

Anyone have more solid information?

Comment author: TrE 19 April 2015 05:43:06PM *  0 points [-]

Just in case you're not aware, this is a double-comment. I've seen this with another comment of yours recently. Probably happens when one double-clicks the comment button.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 April 2015 07:14:10PM 0 points [-]

What happened is that I had a couple of days of very erratic internet connection, so that it was hard to tell whether my efforts to post had worked out. My connection is good now.