Eden said:
I know I probably seem, well, choked and I kinda am, I know that you are only trying to come up with some sort of a theory on how girls should be rated that is universal. I know that you are a nice guy, trying to do a shitty job that no one else really wants to do. The end is this, you can't be objective since your height criteria is subjective because you yourself prefer taller women to shorter more petite ones. Point taken. In order for yours or any other rating system to be clear (or somewhat clearer) you would need to take a poll maybe of a 100 random men all walks, races, and age, the majority rules (maybe your 80/20 rule here). You need more of a realistic research category than the Miss America beauty pagent and although I would have trouble modelling high fashion on a runway, I sure would not have any trouble modelling for magazines. You need to sit back and understand us women don't like to be picked apart, on good days, let alone feel like someone is scrutinizing us beyond reasonable; and in my opinion your system is unfair and unreasonable.
Hi Eden. I'm very sorry that you are choked (I really am). That was not the intention of my thread. I gave the height criteria a lot of thought last night and today. Here is where I stand on it now:
1. The average height differential of males to females is 4". On a side note, that is why I think the average height of high heels is 3". That brings the average female to about the same height as her mate without going over. It leaves that 1" of error so that the male doesn't have to feel shorter and "inferior" to his partner. (BTW, I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the height superiority inferiority thing, just reporting the "facts" as I know it. Personally, I am not intimidated by a taller woman and I don't need to be taller than her to feel "superior" to her, but I do prefer my women slightly shorter than me on average for reasons outlined in another post about kissing, etc.).
2. I think the majority of males prefer to be with a woman who is the same height or slightly shorter than them. Very few prefer a taller woman (I bet the figures are 80% prefer shorter, 20% don't care or taller

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3. Keep in mind when I first started the thread, I was "thinking out loud"... meaning my ideas were not set in stone.
4. I think for the PURPOSES of reviewing an ESCORT, height of 5'0" to 5'11" should be equal, since the men purchasing the services are:
A) generally not looking to have a long term relationship and children with said escort and therefore the factor of "finding the best possible mating partner" should go out the window.
B) are going to be of different heights - the shorter men may generally prefer shorter SP's, medium men medium SP's, and taller men taller SP's.
Even in the context of B above, because this is paid sex, the men would then be inclined to experiment with women of all heights since this is not the same as finding somebody to have a relationship with. Therefore, you'd have shorter men trying out taller women and taller men trying out shorter women.
5. I still believe that even for escort reviewing, 4'11" and under and 6'0" and over is a negative. There's just a certain stigma of not being at least 5'0" or being a "freak of nature" by being over 6'0" (I know that's exagerrated but you get the point).
6. All that being said, I still STAND BY MY ORIGINAL statement that height is a factor in real world beauty, all else being equal. It is one of many factors, but it is a factor. I am not saying that somebody 5'1" cannot be a 9.5. If she was VIRTUALLY PERFECT in all other categories except height, she could be a 9.5. Realistically, she is not going to be perfect in the other areas, and that, along with her relative short height, would make her hard pressed to break the 9.0 rating barrier in my system. In the Ms. Universe pageant, each country sent what they considered their best representative and it's no coincidence the average height was quite tall.