I am 6'1" and when men a couple of inches smaller than me talk to me they get all stroppy. I call it small angry man syndrome. I've stopped patting their heads but it's still there! Is it hormones?
2006-07-28 10:00:17 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The majority of the "biggest" prats at my workplace are the small men. I am 5' 8" and like wearing heels. So they get an attitude problem talking to me and other female colleagues on the same basis as you experience. They must think they are evolutionarily behind the rest of us! (That's in their head - not mine).
2006-07-30 05:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm 5'4 and just about everyone is taller than me. I've never had an attitude towards people for being taller, any more than I'd have an attitude over anything that a person cannot change.
On the other hand, were someone always patting me on the head... ;-)
2006-07-28 10:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by bobkgin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called "little man syndrome"!
I had a boss who was about 5-3" WEARING his shoes, and I'm 5-10" female.
Whenever he would give me lip, and he was a mentally unstable man to begin with, all I had to do was to stand up and look down my nose at him while he ranted at me.
Ha ha ha ha was really funny.
He was a huge blow hard wimp! Thought that if he threw his little weight around and ranted like a maniac people would forget how short he really was.
P.S. the nickname I gave him was "Hurricane". Because I never knew if he was going to be a Category 3, 4, or 5 whenever he blew through the door!
2006-07-28 10:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's legitimately called "Napoleon Syndrome", named obviously for Napoleon Bonaparte, the French General of famously small proportions. I find that alot of shorter men try to compensate by copping attitudes and wielding imaginary "power". It's gotta be attributed to the psychological, not the physical (i.e. hormones). Being short has made them feel inferior, they get shot down my ladies taller than them, etc. Clearly a generalization, but I've experienced it many times and I'm of average height.
2006-07-28 10:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by BJfPA 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take your word that they are stroppy can't say Ive ever witnessed seeing this. Don't know anyone who has a height problem. Sure most people would like to be shorter or taller but surely they don't have a problem with it. Anyway - everyone is tall in comparison to me as Im only five foot one (and proud of it).
2006-07-28 10:08:58 · answer #5 · answered by Jinty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You aren't a 'normal' height and you should stop thinking of yourself that way. If you think that you are normal and others that differ from you are abnormal it will be your attitude rather than your height that will be bothering them.
If you are a normal person and I differ from you because I am female, does that make me abnormal? If I differed from you because I was a man and taller than you would that make me abnormal?
There's no need to patronise or discriminate against other people who are different from you. Try to be fair with everyone and treat them how you would expect to be treated. You will be surprised how many friend you can make that way, even if there is a slight difference in height.
2006-07-28 10:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by Fluorescent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called SMS,
Small Man Syndrome
2006-07-28 10:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 10:49:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish I knew. I know several guys with "short man's syndrome". I think it's the need to feel "bigger". They all have low esteem and big chips on their shoulders. I don't really understand it, especially when a few of them don't have that problem. It's sad really.
2006-07-28 10:02:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be because a lot of tall people use their height to belittle and intimidate. Take the 2nd poster as a prime example, standing up to make her boss feel inadequate.
There's a guy in my office, about 6'2", who loves to do it. I'm 5'2", and whenever I go to him to sort out his problems (I'm a computer tech) he makes a point of puffing out his chest and standing as close to me as he can without touching me. It's a real invasion of personal space, and an obvious manifestation of his desire to dominate our work relationship. I respond by loudly taking the p*** out of him whenever he does it, making sure people around me can hear. It usually knocks the wind out of his sails for a little while.
So, ask yourself... other than the patting heads thing (which I'm assuming is a joke), are you doing anything to provoke the reaction?
2006-07-28 10:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by purple_duck_uk 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋