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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Krasavitsa,

"cherry-lips?"

I'm going to have to get rid of my beige lipsticks. And orange. And brown.

"Outshine her painted forehead's golden hue."

Time for the bronzer!

"Her slim waist's sinuous swaying calls to mind"

I guess slim is in. Will need to diet and get back into a size 0 :)

"Hovering on light-stepping toes"

No clumpy platforms, gals!

Actually, it is a beautiful poem with stunning imagery: I bet it would be even more beautiful in Chinese which I unfortunately can't read. Shoulda gone to Chinese school...

But you've piqued my curiosity. I'm going to start looking at some old translations of Chinese classics.
Asian Dominatrix Friday, May 17, 2002 at 10:24:09 (PDT)

I think it's very sad that many Asian women are getting eyelid surgery to make their eyes look bigger and rounder(translation: more white). Ahh, the joys of Western(white) imperialism. And why are some people obsessed with height here? I really don't think height is a big deal. We should love ourselves the way we are whether we're tall or short or have large or small eyes.
Pretty, confident, small-eyed AA female Friday, May 17, 2002 at 09:31:13 (PDT)

I am a 5'7" Korean-American currently living in London. Obviously with heels I'm in the 5'8 to 5'9 territory. I find that in general Americans (Asian and non Asian) are taller and generally healthier looking in American than here in the UK. I have found my height to be an advantage in business (banking specifically) and in dealing with the majority culture in America and the UK. But the flip side to all of this is that in general Asian men seem to stay away from me. I am pleased with my appearance and have been fortunate enough to have received compliments throughout my life from Asians and non Asians about my face, my body, my dress, my personality. I find that my height is also an advantage in sport as I am very athletic and excel in most sports. However, as I mentioned, I think that in general my height and my appearance are percieved by most Asian men as being too intimidating. I am open to dating Asian men but most of the important relationships in my life have been with non Asian men. I am not really complaining as I think it is important to find someone that you like and have much in common with more so than trying to find someone Asian but I do find it frustrating because I do find that culturally, I have a lot in common with Asian people. And Asian men generally have stayed away.
Sarah Friday, May 17, 2002 at 07:48:37 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix,

You mean those platform shoes the people used to where. But those heels are in the center of the shoe, unlike the western counterpart which is in the back of the shoe.

Here is a link to history lesson in ancient Chinese shoes.

http://www.chinavoc.com/life/focus/shoeshistory.asp

You will see the example of high heeled shoes in the middle of the page.

Can someone tell me exactly when the dudou (Chinese women undergarment/bra) became outerwear? I'm still baffle by the whole thing sometimes. I took me a while to adjust to thinking of grandma underwear to be sexy.

AC Dropout Friday, May 17, 2002 at 06:55:26 (PDT)

thank you for that two question survey!

bob Friday, May 17, 2002 at 06:53:11 (PDT)

Wish I could loose my insteps...
Huang-Hwa hwa002@hotmail.com Friday, May 17, 2002 at 02:48:24 (PDT)

Which ethnic group in East Asia are hairiest?
Jooo Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 23:09:32 (PDT)

AC Dropout:

Talent difinitely beats beauty...

But I was thinking of something more like... "Charm surpasses Beauty."
Beijng Angelique Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 21:01:42 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix,

Good to see you're active again on Goldsea. Thought you fell off the edge of the Ether or something.
AC Dropout Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 14:29:14 (PDT)

Soul Search,

Thank you for your kind words. But I'm not that cool, just an average Joe Q. Public.
AC Dropout Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 13:07:08 (PDT)

chinatown,

Basically you see my point. You refer to Shaq needing to be "competent and reputed" to get your vote.

Even looking at the Lakers Shaq co-leads the team with Kobe.

Even though size might seem important for leadership, in real life people still look for other qualities.
AC Dropout Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 13:05:49 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix,

960 to 1279

Song was really a bridge dynasty after warring quite a bit before. Confusionism came back in vogue, because it was very strict. How it applies to women I'm not sure.

Here an essay on Han women that might be enlightening.

http://www.sinorama.com.tw/Millennium/en/Millennium-en-02.html

Wow, an empress had 23 cm feet. No wonder foot binding became fashionable.

Here a site celebrating 100 ancient chinese women.

http://www.span.com.au/100women/index.html
AC Dropout Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 13:02:07 (PDT)

Asian Dominatrix,

Unlike men, women seem to enjoy (or burdened with, depending on how you want to look at it) much more variety. The variagated nature of femininity allows women to be tall or short, sexual or puritanical, strong or vulnerable, mature or adolescent, and still be attractive to some portion of the male population. But also paradoxically, women must try to be all these things to some degree, at least on a symbolic level. Men want women who are both mature but also childlike, sexual but also pure, strong but also vulnerable (the degree of each a matter of cultural and subjective preference).

Naturally, men like variety, and obviously this is a result of the particular nature of male sexuality: mate often and frequently with as many different females as possible. This a is very primitive urge and while social training and morality will bend or modify this basic proclivity, it cannot stamp it out completely.

This is one reason as to why women are so much more into fashion: it's a way of "becoming" different, a different woman if you will; a method of attracting men (of various tastes), and/or keeping the man she currently has by giving him the illusion of "variety", of being a different woman.

Hence, men's fashions in contrast tend to be pretty much the same all the time with little change from year to year. That, as you might guess, is because women want stability/security in their men, not variety (relatively speaking).

Now, to answer to the question about the "husky" voice, I'm not absolutely certain (because I'm not particularly into husky female voices), but my guess would be this: While a higher pitched voice is generally considered more feminine (again, the allusion to childhood/vulnerability), a husky voice in contrast would signify "hyper" strength and maturity. It is perhaps a kind of "fetish" -- like some men being attracted to women with super large breasts, super tall women, super small women, super overweight women etc.
po Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 11:28:39 (PDT)

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