The writer of this article, Alison Taylor, seems to get it that there is a double standard when it comes to dating:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/alison-taylor-on-relationships-heightism-is-rife-on-apps-like-tinder--particularly-towards-men-10394115.html
Friday, July 24, 2015
State of Ohio tried to ban height discrimination....in 1983
Interesting, I wonder whatever happened to this legislation from 1983. Haven't heard anything from Ohio since.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19830608&id=iJJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333,6234465&hl=en
Guess it didn't pass because it wouldn't remove prejudice from society as was suggested "...although the Republican minority argues that laws cannot remove such prejudices from society."
Wow! Because other laws passed to ban workplace discrimination have removed other forms of prejudice from society I suppose? lol
Granted, this was thirty-two years ago!
You will never be able to remove prejudice from society but you can challenge the discrimination that it causes!
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19830608&id=iJJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333,6234465&hl=en
Guess it didn't pass because it wouldn't remove prejudice from society as was suggested "...although the Republican minority argues that laws cannot remove such prejudices from society."
Wow! Because other laws passed to ban workplace discrimination have removed other forms of prejudice from society I suppose? lol
Granted, this was thirty-two years ago!
You will never be able to remove prejudice from society but you can challenge the discrimination that it causes!
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
French study cautions against growth hormone use citing possible stroke
This study, the results of which were posted in this article, suggests a possibility of stroke in children who took GH and were part of the control group between 1986 and 1996. Of the over 6500 that were monitored, eleven suffered a stroke and four of them were fatal, all before the age of thirty. As the article suggests, there could be other factors that contributed to the strokes other than GH therapy.
Like I have said numerous times: If parents are so worried about how their children will be treated in school or in their careers, why do they not support legislation that would protect them from bullying or workplace discrimination instead of putting them at risk of future health complications down the road and for only two or three inches at most?
http://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2014/08210/Growth_Hormone_Therapy_Found_to_be_Associated_with.1.aspx
Like I have said numerous times: If parents are so worried about how their children will be treated in school or in their careers, why do they not support legislation that would protect them from bullying or workplace discrimination instead of putting them at risk of future health complications down the road and for only two or three inches at most?
http://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2014/08210/Growth_Hormone_Therapy_Found_to_be_Associated_with.1.aspx
Short people: Still waiting for legal protection
So, guess we are still waiting for protection from discrimination? Besides Michigan, the other 49 states still have to pass a law to ban height discrimination in the workplace. Massachusetts has been trying for ten years now....nothing (not even in this country's most liberal and tolerant state). The last bill (H1758) hasn't seen action since January of 2015, which means a new one will have to be introduced.
I guess in my next job, I will still have to be subjected to comments that question my capabilities based on my height or stereotypical comments about short people. Comments, that when directed at other groups, result in termination, social ostracism and difficulties in finding future employment since you have no doubt been branded a bigot.. Yet, you can still make the work environment hostile towards shorter people, so don't fret you prejudice people!
Here is an article that contains a list of states and their laws prohibiting workplace discrimination and bullying. Look at California especially and all the groups that it protects from disparate treatment; every group that you can name...oh...except short or overweight people (who may be able to be protected provided their obesity is protected under the ADA).
http://nobullying.com/discrimination-and-bullying-laws-by-state/
So fellow short men and short women, if you don't like to be treated unfairly in the workplace, you had better get your limbs lengthened because it doesn't appear that we will be getting any relief anytime soon.
I guess in my next job, I will still have to be subjected to comments that question my capabilities based on my height or stereotypical comments about short people. Comments, that when directed at other groups, result in termination, social ostracism and difficulties in finding future employment since you have no doubt been branded a bigot.. Yet, you can still make the work environment hostile towards shorter people, so don't fret you prejudice people!
Here is an article that contains a list of states and their laws prohibiting workplace discrimination and bullying. Look at California especially and all the groups that it protects from disparate treatment; every group that you can name...oh...except short or overweight people (who may be able to be protected provided their obesity is protected under the ADA).
http://nobullying.com/discrimination-and-bullying-laws-by-state/
So fellow short men and short women, if you don't like to be treated unfairly in the workplace, you had better get your limbs lengthened because it doesn't appear that we will be getting any relief anytime soon.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Short men: The litmus test for discrimination
In these times, when everyone is trying so hard to be politically correct and not offend anyone or any group of people or face the social consequences, it can really be difficult to tell who the prejudice people really are.
However, the way short people are treated, especially men, can be a great indicator of the prejudice that is really out there. Since it seems acceptable to constantly bash and insult short people, society is taking full advantage of it, maybe even more so now that most other forms of discrimination are frowned upon. These hateful, prejudice people need somewhere to direct their hate and discord.
Look at Twitter's #heightismreport, a classic example of. people letting fly with their short men hatred. Yet, if the same remarks were directed at them based on their race, gender or sexual orientation, there'd be trouble! People have been disciplined and even terminated from their employment for disparaging people on social media...well... with the exception of short men.
Besides social media,there are many other sources that spew heightism. Television programs depicting short men as losers, radio hosts making disparaging comments, news outlets, other internet sites where people can chime in and insult short men when height wasn't even brought into the article that a reader or readers was viewing.
Short men are disrespected at the workplace;. held back from promotions and if they do so happen to advance to a leadership/management role, people label them with a complex even though they are just doing what they are supposed to do, just like their taller peers.
Shorter boys continue to face bullying on the school playground and are mocked because of their small stature. Those in authority look the other way because there is no pressure for them to intervene on the child's behalf, as there is pressure to stop the bullying if the child is being targeted based on their race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Now, these shorter boys can come home to seek some relief from the bullying only to go onto Facebook and get exposed to more verbal and emotional abuse...based on a characteristic they can't control..
Dating is and will always be a challenge for shorter men, more than it is for anyone else. Women constantly stress their desire for taller men, even on the "Christian" dating site E-Harmony where substance is supposed to be important. Even the founder, Neil Clark Warren, said in an interview one time that they "don't match women with shorter men because the women complain." Yet, don't be a man and say you don't want a woman who weighs above a certain weight because then you are a pig.
Shorter men face social ostracism constantly, sadly, it could even be from family or friends who are looking to climb the social ladder by putting down their shorter relative or maybe even good friend.
I have experienced all these things myself and it just never ceases to amaze me how, when I take exception to the disrespect and outright discrimination, I am the one with the problem. I, and other short men, will continue to be labeled unfairly until we can get laws in place to protect us, just as other groups have laws in place to protect them. (notice how disparate treatment against them is no longer their problem; now you have to go the other way to make sure they aren't offended; some want special treatment while short people just want equal treatment)
So, it is safe to say that there is still plenty of prejudice out there; just because people may seem more tolerant or accepting doesn't mean it isn't there. They can get away with it against short men, so, they'll keep doing it until there are consequences to it. Why won't there be? Because it is another form of discrimination that people have to tackle and instead of admitting it exists (even though it is so widely practiced),they will deny it and say that short people imagine it. See, that way they can keep on doing it, because if society acknowledges its existence, it needs to take the proper steps to alleviate it or be labeled as hypocrites, since it apparently frowns on all forms of discrimination.
On an individual basis, there may be some sort of awareness though, besides from short men. When women go into sperm banks and demand that their donors be tall because they want tall kids, since there will be better opportunities for them. Or, when mothers want to give their short boys growth hormone so that they can catch up to their taller peers and not be singled out for bullying. Hmmm... now why would they do that unless they knew there was unfair treatment taking place? Doubtful though, that these same women would back legislation to stop that same unfair treatment.
Heightism is the wrong that society doesn't want to make right!
However, the way short people are treated, especially men, can be a great indicator of the prejudice that is really out there. Since it seems acceptable to constantly bash and insult short people, society is taking full advantage of it, maybe even more so now that most other forms of discrimination are frowned upon. These hateful, prejudice people need somewhere to direct their hate and discord.
Look at Twitter's #heightismreport, a classic example of. people letting fly with their short men hatred. Yet, if the same remarks were directed at them based on their race, gender or sexual orientation, there'd be trouble! People have been disciplined and even terminated from their employment for disparaging people on social media...well... with the exception of short men.
Besides social media,there are many other sources that spew heightism. Television programs depicting short men as losers, radio hosts making disparaging comments, news outlets, other internet sites where people can chime in and insult short men when height wasn't even brought into the article that a reader or readers was viewing.
Short men are disrespected at the workplace;. held back from promotions and if they do so happen to advance to a leadership/management role, people label them with a complex even though they are just doing what they are supposed to do, just like their taller peers.
Shorter boys continue to face bullying on the school playground and are mocked because of their small stature. Those in authority look the other way because there is no pressure for them to intervene on the child's behalf, as there is pressure to stop the bullying if the child is being targeted based on their race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Now, these shorter boys can come home to seek some relief from the bullying only to go onto Facebook and get exposed to more verbal and emotional abuse...based on a characteristic they can't control..
Dating is and will always be a challenge for shorter men, more than it is for anyone else. Women constantly stress their desire for taller men, even on the "Christian" dating site E-Harmony where substance is supposed to be important. Even the founder, Neil Clark Warren, said in an interview one time that they "don't match women with shorter men because the women complain." Yet, don't be a man and say you don't want a woman who weighs above a certain weight because then you are a pig.
Shorter men face social ostracism constantly, sadly, it could even be from family or friends who are looking to climb the social ladder by putting down their shorter relative or maybe even good friend.
I have experienced all these things myself and it just never ceases to amaze me how, when I take exception to the disrespect and outright discrimination, I am the one with the problem. I, and other short men, will continue to be labeled unfairly until we can get laws in place to protect us, just as other groups have laws in place to protect them. (notice how disparate treatment against them is no longer their problem; now you have to go the other way to make sure they aren't offended; some want special treatment while short people just want equal treatment)
So, it is safe to say that there is still plenty of prejudice out there; just because people may seem more tolerant or accepting doesn't mean it isn't there. They can get away with it against short men, so, they'll keep doing it until there are consequences to it. Why won't there be? Because it is another form of discrimination that people have to tackle and instead of admitting it exists (even though it is so widely practiced),they will deny it and say that short people imagine it. See, that way they can keep on doing it, because if society acknowledges its existence, it needs to take the proper steps to alleviate it or be labeled as hypocrites, since it apparently frowns on all forms of discrimination.
On an individual basis, there may be some sort of awareness though, besides from short men. When women go into sperm banks and demand that their donors be tall because they want tall kids, since there will be better opportunities for them. Or, when mothers want to give their short boys growth hormone so that they can catch up to their taller peers and not be singled out for bullying. Hmmm... now why would they do that unless they knew there was unfair treatment taking place? Doubtful though, that these same women would back legislation to stop that same unfair treatment.
Heightism is the wrong that society doesn't want to make right!
Heightism on "Grey's Anatomy"
Get a load of this clip from Grey's Anatomy. Man gets limb-lengthening surgery in Hong Kong which causes an infection; then is told later by his taller brother that no one notices his height but him...lol
Yet, in another scene, the doctor who was trying to fix his legs was talking about how she felt humiliated and that made her feel .."shorter".
This aired in January of 2009.
The actor's name that portrays Chuck Rubin is Jason Kravits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006463/bio
Yet, in another scene, the doctor who was trying to fix his legs was talking about how she felt humiliated and that made her feel .."shorter".
This aired in January of 2009.
The actor's name that portrays Chuck Rubin is Jason Kravits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006463/bio
George Stephanopoulos' height attacked again
So, more attacks on George's height after his wife. Ali Wentworth was interviewed in an article...
But, it is just our (our meaning short men) imagination...lol
Here is the interview:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/20/love-laughter-and-sex-icon-ali-wenworth_n_7834992.html?1437432603&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl16%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D762915493
Now the tolerant comments about his height...lol
Francis Jolley · Top Commenter
But, it is just our (our meaning short men) imagination...lol
Here is the interview:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/20/love-laughter-and-sex-icon-ali-wenworth_n_7834992.html?1437432603&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl16%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D762915493
Now the tolerant comments about his height...lol
Francis Jolley · Top Commenter
comparing Stephanopolis to a sex Icon is funny. If there is one thing he is not that is it. The only r4eason she got him is because no one else wanted the runt.
Margarita Lutteral · Top Commenter ·
"Sexy" what? The little shrimp?
Tony Bo · Top Commenter
Oh come on Margarita....You dare to insult someone...Really
Sandy Miller · Top Commenter · U. of Minnesota
OIY...that's considered an icon these days? All I can say is that voice I can't stand to listen to. Spare me your insults Tony Bo....The guy is not sexy. Very few young journalists, actors, musicians are sexy today. Give me the Cary Grants, Gregory Peck, william Holdens and many more. Now those were icons. This guy is a little pip squeek! Shouldn't his wife be embarrassed to talk about her husband like this?
Christine Ford
Sex Icon. YOU MUST be talking about someone else as George is nothing of the sort.
Bill Johnson
Stephanopoulos makes ALL Hobbits proud! I know Hillary loves him. Bill too!
Ken Cozier · Top Commenter · Works at USAF Retired
Aww... he's a cute little sex icon.. So tiny, you can stick him in your pocket and take him everywhere !!! lol
Well...you get the idea!
Friday, July 17, 2015
Michael Grimm, the Congressman who threatened a short male reporter, sentenced to jail time!
It's about time! Michael Grimm, who back in 2014 threatened NY1 reporter Michael Scotto on air, was sentenced to eight months jail time...though not for the television assault.
Grimm, who doesn't stand all that tall himself, maybe 5'7", was found guilty of tax fraud.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/nyregion/michael-grimm-former-congressman-gets-8-month-sentence.html?_r=0
However, remember this from January of 2014, right after the State of the Union?
Grimm, who doesn't stand all that tall himself, maybe 5'7", was found guilty of tax fraud.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/nyregion/michael-grimm-former-congressman-gets-8-month-sentence.html?_r=0
However, remember this from January of 2014, right after the State of the Union?
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Mark Levin takes shot at Senator Bob Corker's short stature
Why does this not surprise me? Mark Levin loves to antagonize shorter men with whom he disagrees, regardless of their party affiliation. He has gone after Dennis Kucinich's height in the past, Dick Durbin's and today he went after Senator Bob Corker (R- Tennessee).
Today (7/15), he had a caller on the line and they were talking about the deal that we just made with Iran. They both disagreed with something Senator Corker had said or done and, as usual, when someone disagrees with a short man, the adolescent attacks emerge. Levin said he had a "napoleonic complex" and the lady on the line responded..."Yea, he's a munchkin!"
Senator Bob Corker stands about 5'6.5".
Think Mr Levin would attack someone's race if he disagreed with them? NO! Would he have referred to a female senator in a derogatory manner if he disagreed with her? NO! But, it's open season on short men again huh Mr Levin?
Have a look at this article about Senator Corker from 2006:
http://politicalvideos.blogspot.com/2006/10/is-bob-corker-tall-enough-to-be.html
Apparently he IS tall enough because he is in his second term as a US Senator.
P.S. I HEAR MARK LEVIN RAISE HIS VOICE ON THE RADIO QUITE OFTEN; WHAT COMPLEX DO YOU HAVE MR LEVIN? OH WAIT, YOU STAND 6'0", SO GETTING ANGRY MUST BE YOUR RIGHT I GUESS!
Today (7/15), he had a caller on the line and they were talking about the deal that we just made with Iran. They both disagreed with something Senator Corker had said or done and, as usual, when someone disagrees with a short man, the adolescent attacks emerge. Levin said he had a "napoleonic complex" and the lady on the line responded..."Yea, he's a munchkin!"
Senator Bob Corker stands about 5'6.5".
Think Mr Levin would attack someone's race if he disagreed with them? NO! Would he have referred to a female senator in a derogatory manner if he disagreed with her? NO! But, it's open season on short men again huh Mr Levin?
Have a look at this article about Senator Corker from 2006:
http://politicalvideos.blogspot.com/2006/10/is-bob-corker-tall-enough-to-be.html
Apparently he IS tall enough because he is in his second term as a US Senator.
P.S. I HEAR MARK LEVIN RAISE HIS VOICE ON THE RADIO QUITE OFTEN; WHAT COMPLEX DO YOU HAVE MR LEVIN? OH WAIT, YOU STAND 6'0", SO GETTING ANGRY MUST BE YOUR RIGHT I GUESS!
Monday, July 13, 2015
Anne Coulter: No short candidates for president!
Hmmm..
Back in March of 2013, on a Hannity segment, Anne Coulter said that Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul were too short to run for the White House. Now, either she is just prejudice or she knows how vain America is and would never vote a short man into office.. If it is the former, I just wonder if her choices were Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker or Bernie Sanders, would she actually choose the socialist Sanders? I guess better to have a tall men in office who will ruin the country with his policies than to have a short man in there huh Anne?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJ1LNwtAcI
Back in March of 2013, on a Hannity segment, Anne Coulter said that Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul were too short to run for the White House. Now, either she is just prejudice or she knows how vain America is and would never vote a short man into office.. If it is the former, I just wonder if her choices were Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker or Bernie Sanders, would she actually choose the socialist Sanders? I guess better to have a tall men in office who will ruin the country with his policies than to have a short man in there huh Anne?
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Congrats to 4'4" Rico Abreu
A few days ago, 4'4" NASCAR driver, Rico Abreu won his first official event as a 23 year old in Columbus, Ohio.
I guess he had to do it to make up for his shorter stature right? lol...that's what many of the people who have contempt for shorter people will say anyway...bunch of haters.
Congrats Rico!
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/shake-and-bake/rico-abreu-columbus-ohio-nascar-k-n-pro-series-east-earns-first-career-victory-070515
I guess he had to do it to make up for his shorter stature right? lol...that's what many of the people who have contempt for shorter people will say anyway...bunch of haters.
Congrats Rico!
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/shake-and-bake/rico-abreu-columbus-ohio-nascar-k-n-pro-series-east-earns-first-career-victory-070515
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