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There are many things that might put people off the idea of dating someone, and it seems height is a major influence in such a decision.<\/p>\n

It goes without saying there is nothing you can do about how tall you are, so if you are a little vertically challenged it might be a good idea to focus on chatting only to other short people.<\/p>\n

New research by American site AYI.com found female online daters in New York tend to have issues with short men.<\/p>\n

There is just a 1.2 per cent chance that a man who is under 5ft 9in will be contacted by a women from Manhattan or the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Josh Fishcer, who led the study, told the New York Post: "People in bigger cities have more options and tend to be pickier."<\/p>\n

As such, this may also be the case in large UK cities such as London, so focusing on people of a similar height may be a wise move.\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801670844-ADNFCR\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Short men might find it more difficult to secure a date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAre women not interested in short men? - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/are-women-not-interested-in-short-men\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are women not interested in short men? - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Short men might find it more difficult to secure a date.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" 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