Ladies ONLY please. Do you find short males...?

Question

bossy ?....Its a thing my friends and I have noticed..Why is that ?
They are...don't like bossy men.

Answer 1

I know you said "Ladies only", but you are decribing a well known and documented syndrome called a "napoleon complex" (sometimes jokingly called "short man's disease"). I'm sure google will find you volumes of information on it.

There can be a tendancy for them to want to prove their strength. They can be aggresive, picking fights in order to prove themselves, etc. This aggresiveness can manifest itself in the form of bossiness towards women.

Having said all that, not all short men have this problem. Let's not paint everyone with a broad brush here.

Answer 2

I have met short and tall bossy males. Reading many of the other answers to this question made me concerned though. Many of the comments in ref, to short men were truly horrible!
Some of the people answering,appear to have some pre-conceived and judgemental ideas about short men?
No wonder some of them are bossy. If this is the kind of prejudice they face all their lives.
What if the same sweeping generalisations were made in reference to Fat/black/ Indian men? There would be an avalanche of complaints! This kind of negative attitude directed towards a particular group of people is dangerous.It has given certain people an 'excuse' to be barbaric in the past. Ethnic cleansing........Hitler?
I am sure you can think of many more.
Let's try not pre judge people.
We ALL have our faults and we can ALL be rude/bossy and unkind.
The evidence to support that statement is located here, in some of the answers.
If a short man asserts himself he is labelled as having 'short man syndrome'.
If a woman asserts herself she is labelled 'a *****'.
We as adults, need to stop this negative labelling of our peers. It is destructive.
If we behave in this manner, how can we expect our children not to become bullies or victims of such bullying?
What are our children going to do if they are being 'brainwashed' by their parents in this manner?

Jalady: I really like your questions and articles.
As a rule, they are very well thought out, and i am sure that you never intended to be mean or negative. :-)
I hope you will also remember the nice short males that you come into contact with?
Be nice to each other, people. :-)
Love to you all.
Jo-Angel. x

Answer 3

Short males are great, in all their forms.
I'm 5', so I think they're just right.
Get out there and be bossy as you want to be, you're a male, and that's expected. But never ever be angry or sad because you're short----women love short men, so run with it.

Answer 4

i have found in general that short men are usually complexed in some form and it's probably cuz they feel they are not living up to the standards of society or something...bossy is def one of them, and there are several more personality problems and issues these guys have so when i meet one, i get turned off more so because of the potential personality problems than the height itself

Answer 5

I wish I could say but every guy I know is taller than me. But there is something called the Napelon complex. there bossy because its to make up for the hieght.

Answer 6

It is called the Napoleonic Complex.

Shorter men tend to try to show their strength by acting differently.

They can be control freaks/bossy, mean, rude, or act like a tough guy.

Answer 7

Some short guys like to be bossy, cause it makes them feel big and powerful!

Answer 8

i've met a lot of men, and no, i don't find that being short makes them bossy...

Tho some will swear to the "short guy syndrome" stating that they feel inadequate and so make it up with an aggressive personality.

I've just met too many exceptions to that to believe it, and the biggest rats in my past were quite tall, so go figure.

(but i do beg to differ, it is NOT a mental illness or a personality disorder - only a myth and so NOT diagnosable...laughing)

Answer 9

yes....its a thing called "Small Man's syndrome" . Because a guy is short in stature, he feels he has to make up for it in other ways, mainly by being bossy and arrogant, but sometimes by picking a fight with a taller person.

Answer 10

<---Not a lady, but I don't think it matters. I believe you are referring to what some describe as the Napoleon Complex:

"Napoleon complex is a colloquial term describing a type of inferiority complex which is said to affect some people who are physically short. The term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives. This term is also known as Napoleon syndrome and Small Man syndrome."


Basically it implies that, in order for physically short people to compensate for their lack of physical intimidation, they act like jerks. I've known several people throughout the years that seem to have these qualities.

Tim