Does jealousy really depend on height?
I have found this interesting article on “Newscientist” website.
I don’t know about you, but I am really jealous, could it really be it all depends on my height? 
Jealous lovers will wish they could adjust the height of their heels, for the power of the green-eyed monster depends on how tall you are.
So say researchers from the Universities of Groningen and Valencia who asked 549 men and women in the Netherlands and Spain to rate how jealous they felt and to identify the qualities in a romantic competitor that were most likely to bug them.
Men, who generally felt most nervous about attractive, rich and strong rivals, were increasingly relaxed, the taller they were themselves. Women, on the other hand, were most jealous of others’ beauty and charm, but least so if their own height was average.
This makes evolutionary sense, say the researchers, because previous findings suggest that whilst taller men do best with the ladies, it is women of medium height who enjoy the best health, fertility and popularity with men.
But unlike tall men, medium-height women can be more vulnerable to jealousy under some circumstances. Faced with socially or physically powerful rivals they actually felt more jealous than shorter or taller women. According to the study, this may be because tall and strong, or socially well-connected women could well pose a threat to average-height feminine favourites since they might win conflicts, including physical fights. “Taller women are more dominant and have greater fighting abilities than shorter women,” write the researchers in Evolution and Human Behavior.
…what about you?
I red something else about “tall people get richer than short people” or “tall people are more successful in life than short people”, but this theory about jealousy sounds really new to me. To be sincere I’m very doubtful about all of them. They make me remember the Trilussa’s poem about statistics and chicken.
Hi Silver,
I think they could all be true individually. I personally think it all depends on how self-conscious you are or proud or shy. I mean, if you already are a shy person and insecure, being very very tall could cause you further isolation and therefore sadness and jealousy as well.
On the contrary, if you have been brought up to be proud of what you are, it is probable that you’ll succeed in life, no matter what your height or colour or sex is…
…regarding Trilussa…I love that poem too…
No doubt this the right place for quoting Trilussa … he was a very tall man. I think 6′3 or more
@Silver
Really? I didn’t know it! Thanks for the tip…I will search the net and see if I can get some information about him
I remember some old pic of him and I can confirm he was very tall, but I didn’t find any news about his height.
Surfing the net I found a website where they say he was almost 2 meter tall, but nothing else.
@Silver
ok, thanks anyway…
Going back to our topic, you didn’t say if you are a jealous guy
Are you?
@Silvia
Yes I’m a jealous guy, but I’ve never tried to adjust the height of my heels as the articles says. So now what does it means?
ma in italiano si può rispondere? il mio inglese è pessimo e dubito di riuscire a scriverlo…ormai ho perso completamente la mano e la voce ahahahah
credo sia come dici tu… persone alte magari molto timide ed insicure ed ecco che tutto sfocia li…. anche perchè io ho sempre sostenuto che la gelosia sia u un sentimento tipico degli insicuri….insicuri di se stessi!
e no io non lo sono mai stata per fortuna, nemmeno quando avevo sotto gli occhi dei fatti ben precisi…e tu?
@dominique
Hi lazy!
I am afraid I’ll have to ask you to dust your English and make an effort! This section is for people around the world and nobody speaks Intalian out there
We have many contacts every day from all over the globe, even if people is quite shy and don’t write they surely read!…
To answer your question (whether I am jealous or not) I must say I am!
I think jealousy is for insecure and self-conscious people and probably I am, at least when it comes to men!…
Anyway I’m working on it and it’s better than before. Also, I think that a fundamental element is your partner’s attitude. I mean, there is no jealousy if your partner is honest and committed or, maybe, there is much less!!