Heightism is hard to identify. Yet there’s evidence that our biases around stature help shape our careers. In 2010, when Imran found work as a security guard at a private university in Karachi, ...

Tinder is stirring up controversy with the trial of a new premium feature that lets users filter potential matches by height. The move, aimed at premium subscribers, has sparked a heated debate online ...

In May 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation that prohibits employment, housing and public accommodations discrimination based on a person’s height, weight or body size. There are a ...

President Trump has come up with another one of his trademark nicknames, “Mini Mike,” for his newest opponent, the 5’7” Michael Bloomberg. Trump’s Twitter feed is filled with language and images that ...

My phone buzzed with a text from a friend. "Important question: can I go out with a man who is five foot four?" My response was: "Yes, providing he's not a dickhead". Because, surely, that's more ...

Little known to many, the diminutive He Pingping passed away a couple of weeks ago. At 2 feet 5.37 inches, He held the record for being the world's shortest mobile living man. Fascinated as i am by ...

While we’re addressing the gender pay gap, let’s not neglect the lesser-recognised income inequality: the height pay gap. If you’ve never come across this before, that’s because it’s easy to overlook ...

The 5ft 4in actor says shorter than average frame has been a problem in life as debate rages over dating apps’ height filter As dating apps using height filters spark debate on “heightism”, the ...