A friend and I were discussing this very issue today while having lunch in an outdoor cafe. We decided to count couples and see how many had a taller man and shorter woman, and how many had a shorter man and taller woman. This is all fine and good but not very scientific. What does science say about this important issue?
Spoilers ahead! Some plot points are described here for Netflix's "Tall Girl," so beware if you haven't seen it yet. Netflix's "Tall Girl," a movie about a teenage girl struggling with, as you may have suspected, being super-tall, was met with mixed reactions when the trailer arrived online earlier this month. Some critics thought the preview seemed overly dramatic: At one point, the main character is told "You're the tall girl" with such venom, it's made to seem like an earth-shattering moment rather than an observation about her height. And speaking as someone who's been 6-foot-2 since she was 13, it's a pretty spot-on depiction of what it feels like to be a teenager towering over your peers.
8 Times It Sucks Being The Tall Girl, Even As An Adult
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But in the past week alone, I've heard enough comments about my height to make me want to rip my hair out, or maybe just shrink a few inches. I mean, growing up, I was always "the tall girl. I thought that maybe it wouldn't be such a big deal when I got older. Nope, it still is.