Yeah, you don't want to miss that Short King with the Lambo.
Also, not all dating apps require you to list your height, so you can omit it from your bio at the risk of a disappointed look upon first meet, but that's up to you to make up for with confidence.
As a man, would you filter out taller women if you are casually dating? I think the preferences also depends on what you are looking for.
Of course woe to the man who expresses equivalent arbitrary requirements on fixed physical attributes in their selection criteria.
It's your responsibility to not let your negative experiences poison your soul. I have never personally filtered out short men but I've also seen enough of them with this nasty incel-lite attitude about why no one wants to date them that I understand why someone would.
You stated a hard preference on why you don't like short men here:
> The real reason to filter out short men is they tend to have exactly this sort of complex about it.
It's 100% fine to have your preference, and even more reasonable to not want to be around people who have aggressive attitudes. But don't be surprised when that group looks terrible when your viewpoint is nothing but that negativity you associated with them.
Most people would rather just hear 'I'm not attracted to you because of an immutable physical characteristic' than some wishy-washy and nebulous dig on their personality.
Of course, I guess you could argue that people like this really shouldn't be in relationships to begin with, so it's better if they maintain their preferences and standards and refuse to budge, effectively self-opting out of the dating pool.
The only way someone else’s standards become a problem for you is when you feel entitled to that person’s attraction (“I’m a 7 and she’s a 6, therefore she should give me a chance. But she only talks to 9s, the nerve!”). But you’re not actually entitled to anyone’s attraction, so that’s on you, not on them.
Did you read my 2nd paragraph?
>The only way someone else’s standards become a problem for you
For me personally, that's right. For society as a whole, suppose that everyone suddenly decided they would only date model-beautiful people. Pretty soon, everyone is terminally single, no one forms families or has children, and society dies out within a couple of generations (unless a different way of raising children is found, such as keeping them all in government-run institutions, but this still entails a radical change to society).
I don't deny some people aren't attracted to people their size or shorter AND short men tend to have insecurities that manifest themselves sometimes negatively AND it's become a fad/meme for women to go for tall guys.
The kind of hate that's been going around recently about short men isn't all that different from the bald man hate in the 80s and 90s IMO.
There's a reason that men are, on average, significantly taller than women (5'9" va 5'4" according to google). The preference dates back forever.
There's also a factor that people don't like to talk about: overweight women like tall men because it makes them feel "petite".
Similar here, I tend to filter by age on these apps not because that's what I'm strictly into but because in my limited experience older ladies tend to be more thirsty/desperate and that makes it difficult for me... I know I can meet a person above set age limit who will tick required boxes but chance of memorably awkward date seems too high.
Older ladies are frequently downright desperate, but yes, generally only interested in something long-term.