For me, height has nothing to do with whether I'm attracted to a woman, and I can't see why any man would care about that one way or the other. I've often heard tall women lamenting that their height makes men not interested in them. This is the first time I've ever heard it the other way. It's good to know that women are finding new things to feel insecure about; that's the only way we men stay in control. But I suspect that a man specifying tall in a personals ad is just trying to say that he doesn't subscribe to that well-known mythical prejudice against tall women.

I did hear one instance of tall women being favored in the workplace. I don't know whether it's true. A woman in the Netherlands told me that IcelandAir only hires tall women as stewardesses. It's hard to believe that sort of prejudice would be tolerated by law in any modern nation.

The Dutch woman also told me that a friend of hers had surgery to make her legs 6" longer so she could get the job. So even if there is an emerging preference for tall women, apparently you're not stuck being short any more than you're stuck with the hair color you were born with.