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Counter-discriminatory
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Law

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Anti-discriminatory
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Heightism is a form of discrimination based on height. In principle it can refer to unfavorable treatment of either unusually tall or short people; however in practice discrimination against shorter persons and in favor of taller persons is much more common. Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Gay bashing Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial... Stature redirects here. ...

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Heightism and bullying

Research shows that shorter people are more likely to be victims of bullying.[1][2] Because bullying during childhood and adolescence often undermines the victim’s self-esteem, some researchers speculate that the lower levels of achievement of shorter people (particularly men) in later life may be partly or largely explained by this lower self esteem rather than by discrimination.[3] A very common image in many schools around the world. ... In psychology, self-esteem or self-worth is a persons self-image at an emotional level; circumventing reason and logic. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Gay bashing Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial...


Heightism in employment

Some jobs do require or at least favor tall people, including some manual labor jobs and many professional sports. U.S. military pilots have to be 64 to 77 inches tall with a sitting height of 34 to 40 inches.[4] These exceptions noted, in the great majority of cases a person’s height would not seem to have an effect on how well they are able to perform their job. Nevertheless, studies have shown that short people are paid less than taller people, with disparities similar in magnitude to the race and gender gaps.[3][5] Manual labor is a term used for physical work done with the hands, especially in an unskilled manual job such as fruit and vegetable picking, road building, or any other field where the work may be considered hard or arduous, which has as its objective the production of goods. ... Professional sports began at North Panola High School in the early 1600s. ...


A survey of Fortune 500 CEO height in 2005 revealed that they were on average 6 feet tall, which is approximately 3 inches taller than the average American man. Fully 30% of these CEOs were 6 foot 2 inches tall or more; in comparison only 3.9% of the overall United States population is of this height.[6] Equally significantly, similar surveys have uncovered that less than 3% of CEOs were below 5′7″ in height. Ninety percent of CEOs are of above average height.[7] The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ... Chief Executive redirects here. ...


Some epidemiological studies have shown that intelligence is positively correlated, albeit very slightly, with height in human populations (see Height and intelligence). This does not imply that many short people are not highly intelligent, or that changes in physical height have a direct effect on cognitive ability. Intelligence is believed to be influenced by many different factors. Individuals with a wide range of intelligence can be observed at any given height. It may be that good childhood nutrition tends to result in greater adult height, and good childhood nutrition also tends to result in higher adult intelligence. A recent study using four data sets from the US and UK found that, after controlling for differences in cognitive test scores, there was no detectable independent effect of height itself on adult earnings. It did indicate that intelligence influences earnings. Taller people, on average are more intelligent because environmental factors such as nutrition during childhood, also influences intelligence. The study concludes that on average, taller people do not earn more just because of their physical height.[8][9] Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. ... For other uses, see Intelligence (disambiguation). ... Epidemiological studies have shown that human populations show a positive correlation between intelligence and height[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Similar associations have been found in early and late childhood and adulthood in both developed and developing countries, and associations persisted after controlling for social class and parental... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...


Others believe that height has a significant independent impact on economic success, pointing to specific instances of height-based discrimination.[10] Surveys of attitudes do reveal that people both perceive and treat people of shorter stature as inferior,[11] and that economic differentials exist which may be the result of height discrimination.[12] The relationship between height, cognitive ability, and discrimination based on height remains a subject of debate.


Heightism in politics

Taller candidates have the advantage in electoral politics, at least in the United States (where statistics are available for study). Of the 43 U.S. Presidents, only five have been more than an inch below average height. Moreover, of the 54 U.S. presidential elections only 13 have been won by the shorter candidate, and only 11 times has the shorter candidate received more popular (as opposed to electoral) votes. Quantitative studies of U.S. Senators and Governors have shown that they are on average several inches taller than the U.S. population at large.[13] During the 2004 election, some anti-Bush artwork and political cartoons depicted him as much shorter than he actually stood, favoring Kerry, who was taller. Elections in boldface are those in which the shorter candidate won. ... The United States Electoral College is the electoral college that chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ...


Non-electoral politics are more difficult to study, as outcomes based on height are more difficult to quantify. Nevertheless, a number of powerful dictators have been below average height. Examples include Engelbert Dollfuss (4′11″; 1,50m), Deng Xiaoping (5′0″; 1,52m), Kim Jong Il (5′3″; 1.60m), Nikita Khrushchev (5′3″; 1.60m), Francisco Franco (5′4″; 1.63m), and Joseph Stalin (5′5″; 1.65m). Contrary to popular impression, Napoleon Bonaparte at 5′6″ (1.68m) and Adolf Hitler at 5′8″ (1.73m) were both within the average height range for their times and places. Engelbert Dollfuss. ... Deng Xiaoping   (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist Party of China (CCP). ... Kim Jong-il (born February 16, 1942) has been the leader of North Korea since 1994. ... Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: , Nikita Sergeevič Chruščiov; IPA: , in English, , or , occasionally ); surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov[1]; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894[2]–September 11, 1971) was the chief director of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ... “Franco” redirects here. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... Hitler redirects here. ...


In the United Kingdom, the influential Spitting Image satirical television series depicted David Steel as a midget. This was credited with undermining his political career[1]. When the French premier Nicholas Sarkozy made a state visit to the UK in March 2008, the British press was uncommonly united in passing comment on the fact that he is a short man and in carrying a closeup photograph showing the sizeable heels on his shoes in contrast to the flat shoes of his taller wife, Carla Bruni. Spitting Image was a British satirical puppet show that ran on the ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. ... David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. ... Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy (born in Paris January 28, 1955) is a French politician, who is president of the UMP conservative political party. ... Carla Bruni Tedeschi (born Turin, Italy, 23 December 1967), is an Italian supermodel, songwriter and singer. ...


Heightism and conflict

Heightism is cited as one of the underlying causes of the Rwandan Genocide, in which approximately one million people were killed. It is believed that one of the reasons that political power was conferred to the minority Tutsis by the exiting Belgians was because they were taller and therefore (in the eyes of the Belgians) considered superior and more suited to governance.[14] The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu sympathizers in Rwanda and was the largest atrocity during the Rwandan Civil War. ... The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa and the Hutu. ...


Heightism in dating and marriage

Heightism may also be a factor in dating preferences. For most women, the height of a man is a major factor in sexual attractiveness. The greater reproductive success of taller men is attested to by studies indicating that taller men are more likely to be married and to have more children, except in societies with severe gender imbalances caused by war.[15][16] Quantitative studies of woman-for-men personal advertisements have shown strong preference for tall men, with a large percentage indicating that a man significantly below average height was unacceptable.[17] Features such as a symmetrical face, full lips, and low waist-hip ratio, are commonly considered physically attractive when part of a female, because they are thought to indicate physical health and high fertility to a potential mate. ... A personal or personal ad is an item or notice traditionally in the newspaper, similar to a classified ad but personal in nature. ...


Conversely, studies have shown that women of below average height are more likely to be married and have children than women of above average height. Some reasons which have been suggested for this situation include earlier fertility of shorter women, and that a shorter woman makes her partner feel taller in comparison and therefore more masculine.[18]


It is unclear and debated as to the extent to which such preferences are innate or are the function of a society in which height discrimination impacts on socio-economic status. Certainly, much is always made in newspapers and magazines of celebrity couples with a notable height difference, especially where a man is shorter than his female partner (for example, Jamie Cullum, five inches shorter at 5'6" than Sophie Dahl, though the difference is often exaggerated). Jamie Cullum (born August 20, 1979) is an English jazz/pop pianist and singer-songwriter. ... Sophie Dahl (born September 15, 1977 in London) is an English fashion model and authoress. ...


Heightism in the media

In the media, heightism can take the form of making fun of short men in ways that would be unseemly if directed at skin color or weight (especially female weight). Examples of characters whose short stature is exploited for comic value are: Historical data for native populations collected by R. Biasutti prior to 1940. ... For other uses, see Weight (disambiguation). ...

The portrayal of short men in the media is in general negative. Short men are either ridiculously unsuccessful in regards to career and/or romance (e.g. Spence Olchin and Bud Bundy) or they are unlikeable tyrants in need of compensating for "something" (e.g. Lord Farquaad). A notable and rare exception are roles played by Michael J. Fox (especially Mike Flaherty from the TV series Spin City, where a short man is portrayed as an attractive and likable person, who is successful both in romance and career). When Daniel Craig was announced as James Bond in 2005, intense criticism of the casting decision (made by EON Productions) included the notion that the actor was too short to play 007 (and also blond and not good-looking enough) – even though at 5'10" Craig is of average height for a white British man. 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Becker is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from 1998 to 2004. ... Bob Bulldog Briscoe is a fictional character, played by Dan Butler, on the American NBC sitcom Frasier. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series focused on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company, as well as their abusive dispatcher. ... Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... David Faustino (born March 3, 1974) is an American actor and singer. ... 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In 1987 the BBC comedy series A Small Problem imagined a totalitarian society in which people under 5 ft. tall were systematically discriminated against. The programme attracted considerable criticism and complaints which accused the writers of reinforcing prejudice and of using offensive terms; the writers responded that their intention had been to show all prejudice was stupid and that height was chosen randomly. [19] For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... A Small Problem is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1987. ...


The "Archaeology Today" sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus deals with heightism[20] in which an interviewer humorously admits to assessing his subject’s credibility based on their height. This article is about the television series. ...


In a 2006 cartoon episode of Family Guy, the second coming of Jesus is depicted, with Jesus very obviously being much shorter than the (modern) crowd he speaks to. In the show, this causes uncertainty and surprise among the crowd. In the cartoon series Invader Zim, the alien race of the Irken had a class system based entirely on height, the empire being ruled by those of the greatest stature, literally referred to as the Almighty Tallest. Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Invader Zim, trademarked as Invader ZIM, is an award-winning[1] American animated television series that aired on and was produced by Nickelodeon. ... The Almighty Tallest are characters in the TV show Invader Zim. ...


Similarly, shorter men are often denied leading roles. Although some famous cinema actors such as Alan Ladd and Tom Cruise have been short in real life, in their fictional depictions they have been presented as taller. Randy Newman's song Short People deals with heightism in a satirical, light-hearted manner as a protest against bigotry in general. Nevertheless, some people find this song offensive.[21] Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – November 7, 1964) was an American film actor. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... For the boxer, see Randy Neumann. ... Short People is an ironic song by Randy Newman from his 1977 album Little Criminals. ...


Height discrimination legislation

Currently, there is one state in the United States of America, Michigan, that prohibits height discrimination.[22] There is pending legislation introduced by Massachusetts Representative Byron Rushing which would add Massachusetts to the list.[23] Two municipalities currently prohibit height discrimination: Santa Cruz, California[24] and San Francisco, California[25]. The District of Columbia prohibits discrimination based on personal appearance[26]. Ontario, Canada prohibits height discrimination under the human rights code[27]. Victoria, Australia prohibits discrimination based on physical features under the Equal Opportunity Act of 1995[28]. This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... For other uses, see Santa Cruz. ... San Francisco redirects here. ... ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...


Examples of successful legal battles pursued against height discrimination in the workplace include a 2002 Chinese case involving highly qualified applicants being turned down for jobs at a bank because they were considered too short[29]; a 2005 Swedish case involving an unfair height requirement for employment implemented by Volvo car company[30]; and a 1999 case involving a Kohler Company informal practice not to consider women who applied for jobs unless they were at least 5 feet 4 inches tall[31]. Height requirements for employment which are not a bona fide occupational requirement are becoming more and more uncommon. Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... Company headquarters in Kohler, Wisconsin Kohler Design Center The American Club Entrance to The American Club The Kohler Company is a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin best known for its plumbing products. ... A bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ), in employment discrimination law in the United States, is a quality or and attribute that employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring and retention of employees–qualities that, when considered, in other contexts would be considered discriminatory and thus violating...


References

  1. ^ Science Blog: “Short children more likely to be bullied at school”
  2. ^ “Short children are bullied more than normal sized ones”
  3. ^ a b University of Pennsylvania, Arts and Sciences: “The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height”
  4. ^ U.S. Air Force ROTC: Admissions requirements
  5. ^ University of Essex: “Beauty, Stature and the Labour Market: A British Cohort Study” (PDF)
  6. ^ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: “So Much for That Merit Raise: The Link between Wages and Appearance”
  7. ^ "Short Guys Finish Last" The world's most enduring form of discrimination. The Economist, December 23, 1995
  8. ^ Slate.com: “Short End: Tall people Earn More Because They’re Smarter”
  9. ^ Anne Case, Christina Paxson. “Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes”. National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 12466, August 2006
  10. ^ Blogspot.com: “Princeton Study Coorelates [sic] Height and Intelligence”
  11. ^ The Gallup Poll: “Perception or Reality? The Effect of Stature on Life Outcomes”
  12. ^ Short Persons Support: “Does Appearance Matter in the Labour Market?”
  13. ^ The Straight Dope: “Does the taller candidate always win the election?”
  14. ^ The Exile: “Burundi: Heightism rears its ugly head”
  15. ^ Miami University of Ohio: “Don’t Want No Short, Short Man: The Study Of Height, Power, and Mate Selection”
  16. ^ FindArticles.com: “Tall Men Do Get The Girl — Brief Article”
  17. ^ Short Persons Support: “Personals Analyzer”
  18. ^ BBC News: “Tall men ‘top husband stakes’”
  19. ^ A Small Problem in BBC Comedy Guide.
  20. ^ Stanford University Metamedia: “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”
  21. ^ Short Persons Support: “Music”
  22. ^ Text of the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1976
  23. ^ Text (PDF) of Massachusetts House bill 3752, 2006
  24. ^ Chapter 9.83 of the City of Santa Cruz code – “Prohibition against Discrimination”, 1992.
  25. ^ Text of Compliance Guidelines To Prohibit Weight and Height Discrimination; San Francisco Administrative Code Chapters 12A, 12B and 12C and San Francisco Municipal/Police Code Article 33, July 26, 2001.
  26. ^ Text District of Columbia Human Rights Act
  27. ^ Text Ontario, Canada Human Rights Code
  28. ^ Text Victoria, Australia Equal Opportunity Act of 1995
  29. ^ Chinese Height Discrimination Case
  30. ^ Volvo Car Company Height requirement for employment
  31. ^ Kohler Corp. Gender Discrimination Case

See also

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External links

The National Organization of Short Statured Adults or NOSSA is a non-profit, membership organization of men 5 foot 7 inches and below and women 5 foot 2 inches and below in height. ...


 

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