Asian American Attitudes toward Height | Asian American Poll

AA ATTITUDE TOWARD HEIGHT
(Updated Saturday, Jun 6, 2026, 12:07:54 AM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Assuming you are an Asian American, how important is height in your assessment of a person's attractiveness?
It's a key element of attractiveness. | 20%
It's one of many factors I consider. | 44%
It's less important than other personal qualities. | 28%
I am not attracted to tall people. | 8%

Assuming you are an Asian American, which best matches your feelings toward your own height?
I'd like to be 3 inches taller. | 43%
I'd like to be an inch taller. | 27%
I'm happy with my height. | 26%
I'd like to be an inch shorter. | 4%

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It depends on the period in Chinese history we are talking about. The standard of beauty was different in different times. There was a time when small eyes were beautiful. There was a time when larger eyes were beautiful. And etc. Right now, it is larger eyes.

Oh and about breasts, I was thinking about getting a breast reduction. Mine are so big and floppy, it makes my back hurt. I walk around kind of stooped...like an old lady but without the cane. ugh.
banana cream pie Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 02:14:37 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix:

SO welcome :)
Yes yes...I totally know what you mean about certain people who do not look perfect..yet more stunning. I think that it is the fact that they have flaws that make them seem more real and more three- dimentional. When it comes to appearance I definitely feel that it is "魅力胜于美丽”

P.S--SOrRy I have a habit of spantaneously switching from English to Chinese.( It is a F.O.B syndrome...when we can't express ourselves in English we get mad and start talking in CHinese.)

But don't tell anyone：)

Beijing Angelique Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 21:08:08 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix,

The current media giants of the Chinese entertainment community HK and Taipei like large eyes in the females. Or what is termed as "lively eyes."

The only reference I'm aware of to almond eyes as being a beauty standard was all the way back in the Song dynasty.

AC Dropout Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 16:27:32 (PDT)

chinatown,

So if Shaquille O'neal ran for president again Colin Powell you'd vote for Shaquille?

You lost me.
AC Dropout Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 16:24:14 (PDT)

be,

"I thought you'll be interested in knowing that when you buy silk soymilk, you are actually supporting the dairy industry."

You lost me. When I go to the Chinese supermarket to get my weekly supply of soy milk and rice/peanut drink, I don't see any dairy in that aisle. I see wonton peels, some fish balls, some yellow stuff, but no milk.
AC Dropout Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 16:21:23 (PDT)

Short, fat, dumb, depressed..,

Your eyes aren't that bad.

Just lose some weight and you'll be fine.

If you think you're dumb, then read more.
po Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 11:04:35 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix,

Apart from plump women (which I am only assuming based on other things), I have no idea what the ancient Chinese specifically found beautiful.

However, there are universal ideals of beauty that are based biologically: symmetry, good skin, height, good health etc.

From this, we might deduce what most peoples might have considered beautiful, although culture and learning can always bend or even twist some of the fundamental ideals.

Notice that women, in contrast to men, have high pitched voices (as well as being smaller, more vulnerable). Why do you think this might be?

It's a form of "child-likeness" (they sound like children). A form of femininity. It makes men want to take care of women (as an adult takes care of a child), and view them adoringly (even as a parent adores a child).

To extend this logic, children have large eyes proportionally to their faces. This association becomes ingrained into us. So when we see a woman with large eyes, we are reminded of a child's face. She becomes that much more "childlike", innocent, ingenuous, vulnerable, cute -- in our minds. It's a form of femininity.

Do you know whether the ancient Chinese women used eye-liner? If they did, then certainly they admired large eyes.
po Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 11:02:31 (PDT)

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