A new study in Frontiers in Psychology explored how height affects romantic preferences.
Researchers surveyed 536 people from Canada, Cuba, Norway, and the U.S.,
showing them simple drawings of different heights and asking which they preferred for short-term and long-term relationships.
Overall, men chose women who were about 2.5 cm shorter than the average woman in their country,
while women preferred men who were 2.3 cm taller than the average man.
Taller people also tended to choose taller partners, a pattern known as assortative mating.
