Talk:Height discrimination

There are still quite a lot of imperial measurements in this article without corresponding metric units. I would do the necessary conversions but I don't have the time, so if anyone else cares to...Wikischolar1983 (talk) 12:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

This is a very broad and derogatory comment. It would be like saying that most tyrants throughout history have been white or most tyrants throughout history liked the color red. In the specific cases you cited they have something in common, but in the broad spectrum of tyrants they only equate to a handful that have ruled throughout history. Also, the statement that "short people have huge egos" is derogatory and broad. We could say that anyone who has a distinct advantage over others have an ego OR we could say that anyone who does NOT have a distinct advantage over others have an ego. You could argue both points. As a short man, I find the comments in these sections troubling, and as a human being, it would be great if we could stop delegating and perpetuating derogatory social stereotypes to anyone who is of a different race, creed, sexual orientation, or has a handicap on these Wikipedia forums.

The article mentions that many professional sports favour height, which is true, however there are a number of examples where height is a disadvantage - Horse Racing jockeys, and most glaringly the scrum half position in Rugby Union. RU also features a "tall players" position - Second Row/Lock Forward, perhaps RU should get a specific mention for being an arena where height discrimination is used both ways? 82.13.249.178 (talk) 07:23, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

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There is a section for men and heightism, but nothing on women and heightism. This should be corrected and include references to the ethically contentious historical practice of giving female children hormone therapy to stunt their growth and avoid the social stigmas associated with being too tall. ArtesianAction (talk) 08:08, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

This is neither conjecture, hypothesis, opinion, nor argument. This is a a bare and verifiable historical fact. It is part of our shared history that well into the 1950s Eugenic ideals of height where widely incorporated into the institutions and political structures of Western society as a matter of "genetic hygiene" of the population. This happened FULL. STOP. 2001:56A:718C:E000:A0EF:4964:D867:A33A (talk) 16:26, 26 May 2025 (UTC)