height does matter

if you know me, then you know that height is the first thing i notice about people. it's the answer to those 'first impression' and 'what first attracts you' questions. this article explains that i am not alone.

"Tall men, a series of studies has shown, benefit from a significant bias. They get married sooner, get promoted quicker, and earn higher wages. According to one recent study, the average six-foot worker earns a hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars more, over a thirty-year period, than his five-foot-five-inch counterpart-about eight hundred dollars more per inch per year. Short men are unlucky in politics (only five of forty-three Presidents have been shorter than average) and unluckier in love. "

See my 6' height requirement is not so strange after all.