Are tall people discriminated against?

Meh. I’m a 6ft tall girl and sometimes have problems getting clothes. You can find cheaper clothes at other shops, you just have to look. Almost everyone has some body part that’s hard to fit or sizing issue.

I’m too short and have to pay more for the petite sizes so they are discriminating against anyone that doesn’t fall within certain parameters. Probably because they have to change the settings on automatic cutting machines or some such.

You just posted an answer in another thread saying how you can’t tell the difference between a Hispanic and a terrorist.

Yeah, you’ve got it rough, guy.

I understand your situation, also. how about this? lets look at track shoes as an example. the track shoes for children cost the same as adults. is this discrimination? it seems to me that the manufacturers are making a killing off the people, just because of their size. we were born this way and thats not our fault. how about short people? should they not pay less for clothing, since less material is used? my point is this, there should be just one price for everyone. they make up the difference in material by using less for short people and applying it to clothes of taller people. somehow, it just seems like we are getting screwed. sorry for the language, but this has gone on for years and no one has ever brought it to the attention of a lot of people. i am not a s——starter, but i believe in whats right for the majority of the people, no matter what there size happens to be. john

I wouldn’t call this discrimination, but rather clothes that are made a little differently than others. I am 5’ 3” kind of short, so for me, it’s just a little embarrassing how some of my clothes can be worn by people younger than me. akward. You know…walking in feeling all cool with this brand new skirt or top I got and they say, “oh I like that top, you know I saw my daughter(or something) wearing that yesterday!” embarassing!

My wife is 5 ft. 3 in. and she agrees with you 100%.

Actually, tall people have it better than those of average height.

Click the link.

How?

It seems tall people have overactive thyroids, they are not really freaks per se.

Yes, it is discrimination.
No it is not wrong.

People with hair have to spend more on combs and brushes than bald people.
People with poor eyesight have to buy eyeglasses or contacts or Lasik surgery.
Etc, etc, etc…

@john65pennington There should be just one price for everyone. Sounds an awful lot like communism what you’re describing there buddy! Does that fly with you?

Businesses are not insurance companies, they don’t try to comprimise for the loss on tall people’s clothing by overcharging short people. You pay for what you get, don’t complain because you’re on the short end of the spectrum (see what I just did there :p)

6ft8 here, but not a freak per se (apparently)

Just as it is not your fault that you’re tall, it is not the company’s fault that they have to use more material in order to make your larger clothes.

edit: It’s like saying that couples are discriminated upon because they have to buy two tickets to movies, have to pay for two meals, etc. while the single people only pay for one ticket to a movie, and only buy one meal.

It’s not discrimination. It’s all about profit. The more you can make of one thing, the less it’ll cost per item. Very tall and very short are not items that they can make in bulk, because they won’t sell them all.

@markyy Communism?! And be equal with the browns?!

DISENGAGE

@markyy You are dutch. Dutch people are friggin giants.

It’s not a matter of the amount of material used so much as the work that goes into making the garment. I’m sure if you analysed the cost of creating your big-and-tall stuff versus the cost of creating a garment of average proportions, you could see what exactly goes into the former that makes the final product more expensive than the latter. I’ll ask a Parsons School for Design student if I run into one next semester.

At any rate, I wouldn’t call it discrimination so much as an unfortunate fact of life.

Hmmmmmmmmmm maybe you are correct. i think i willl just go and smack my parents in the face and be done with it. just kidding. thanks all for the honest answers.

@Jacket I’m half Dutch on my Mom’s side…her people aren’t giant..

Not nearly to the extent they deserve.

hey, atleast people wont discriminate against..cause actually alot of people, including myself, like tall people..its unique.

I agree with @Val123. Companies design clothes to be made which will fit the most amount of people (people of average height).

I’m 5’1 and clothes fit me fine…

@markyy <snort>

My dad is 6’5’’ and somehow I didn’t get any of those genes…I’m 5’3’’ and he can never find pants that fit. He’s also a big guy and wears 3XL shirts, which are also difficult to find. But at least he’s easy to spot in a crowd.

It’s not discrimination that it’s harder to find the clothes or that they cost more. There is less demand for tall or petite sizes, because most people do not fit these sizes. Any company selling these clothes would go out of business if they made more clothes than people would buy. It’s the same with the price of the clothes. Any business will charge as much as they can for what they sell. Since there are many more people out there wearing regular sizes of clothes, there is more demand for them, and more retailers who will sell clothes to fill that demand. That means there are more retailers in competition with each other, and they are forced to compete by lowering their prices. Another thing is that the cheapest clothes stores don’t specialize. They just sell masses of clothes made as cheaply as possible to as many people as possible- they’re not making their money by specializing. Believe me, they are still charging the maximum that they possibly can. Stores selling special sizes of clothes don’t have as much competition, so they can afford to charge more. That’s not discrimination, it’s business. The only way you’ll see cheaper clothes like this is if some business decides that they have to charge less to stay competitive.

I’m 5’2 and I wear petite clothes, and clothes shopping is frustrating for me as well, but I don’t see myself as a victim of clothes-based discrimination. I’m just part of a small niche market, and so are you.

Short people are more. Just think of all the things that are put up high where we can’t reach them. Not to mention clothes that are made for taller people and “petite” sizes that really… aren’t.

People who aren’t of an average size have to pay more. People who are big in any way. Its not just tall people.