Why are you so offended? Okay so then tell me why you don't like being short? I didn't say everyone wants LL because of height discrimination. I said it doesn't matter whether people want to do LL because they don't like being short or were bullied for their height because the root cause of it is the same. Shortness is a negative and unwanted trait. Height is on a linear scale so the lower you go the worse treatment you get and the more likely to get descriminated. If you're nearing on average then you're short but not short enough to stand out but hey if you didn't get bullied for your height then count yourself lucky. It's not because you are a stronger person. Descrimination doesn't just have to be bullying, it can be subtle and non-direct like not getting hired or promoted over taller people or people being dismissive to you, showing you less respect, harder to get dates etc. There's a reason why you don't like being short or shorter than everybody and whether it's bullying or not doesn't matter because being short is disadvantageous.
Did I say I was stronger? Did I say I was offended? I was just being very passionate and vocal, apologies.
I don't like being short because I feel ugly and uncomfortable in my own skin.
Take what I say with a grain of salt, I am young anyways.
1) workplace height discrimination is real, agreed. I'm sure if I entered the corporate world I would face heightism, don't plan to though.
2) conscious/subconsciously showing disrespect or less respect to short people is real, I do it as well, subconsciously and obviously I shouldn't. Agreed
3)dating preferences is not discrimination. It's a preference. Me not wanting to date a black person is not racism/discrimination. Me not wanting to date a down syndrome person is not disability discrimination. It's a preference. Women can date who the heck they want, a short date is just not some women's type. Not discrimination imo.
I do not feel discriminated at all, the worse was waiters underestimating my age because I was short. That's not discrimination, that's called being human. I have the height of someone younger than who I truly am. So it makes logical sense to assume I'm younger than I am. Being picked last for basketball games during school. That's not discrimination, that's logic. Height is important for victory in basketball, so it makes perfect sense, last thing I want is to be pitied for something irrelevant to the task at hand.
I simply want to do this surgery for 80% to be comfortable in my own skin. Not hate myself or feel ugly. Neurosis. Stop fixating on my height 23 hours in a day. And 20% for improved opposite sxx relations.
Height discrimination exists. I'm sure people look down on me and give less respect to me for being short. I know it will be harder for me to get a job or move up in ranks of I'm going into nepotistic careers (luckily I'm planning on doing something else). But these things are mostly trivial to me but they matter, but it definitely would not warrant or justify spending money and crippling myself to fix. I frankly will still be able to sleep well at night if these things happen to me, and I'll still have motivation in life.
Everything changes when you look at yourself in a dreadful way though.
Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I am young after all, and naive. I want to do this mostly for myself. Mostly.
Apologies for the angry post before as well.
