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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 April 2015 05:51:37PM 0 points [-]

Thanks. The OkCupid data is relevant, but what I was thinking of is that I think there's been a shift in movies, with romantic pairings where the woman is taller than the man.

Comment author: ChristianKl 17 April 2015 08:37:18PM *  1 point [-]

The question about what values happen to be popular in Hollywood and what values happen to be popular in normal social interaction aren't the same thing.

Quick googling finds:

Despite endless theories about height and the relative success of Hollywood figures, analysis of the heights of today’s top 10 grossing male actors shows the group only about 3 cm taller than average. It’s a different story for leading ladies however, with the top 10 women at the box office standing an average of 6 cm above the norm.

I can't find exact data on romantic pairings but I would expect that in liberal hollywood some directors purposefully do make choices about romantic pairings where the woman is taller than the man.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 17 April 2015 09:06:54PM 0 points [-]

Yes, Hollywood leading men are shorter than they used to be, but I don't think that the characters are any different. There are films portraying romantic pairings where the actress is taller than actor, but very, very few that let the audience see that.

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