In the video below, borrowed from Geoffrey Arnold’s blog on heightism, people on the street in New York are asked to evaluate the likely occupational and class status of two men: one short, one tall. The results are striking (if also edited and non-random, but still):
See also Arnold’s guest posts introducing the concept of heightism as a gendered prejudice and discussing heightism (and other icky stuff) at Hooters.
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
