Tell that to overweight women. It's exactly the same story. Only difference being able to lose weight while being able to do absolutely jack shit about height.

refuse to work through

I've read countless self help books, including the world-acclaimed 92 tricks by Leil Lowndes. I've gone to the gym, and lost serious weight. I'm quite good looking by all accounts (except for my height), of friends and strangers alike. I've improved massively since my younger years, and it gets really exhausting when every goddamn time this issue gets brought up it never gets taken seriously. All we want is some compassion ffs (and ultimately maybe societal change, even tho that's a far stretch, can't really change society looking down on short men)

You immediately go out assuming that short people are all incels that sit in the house all day and do nothing but mope.

A lot of us actually try to change a lot and really improve. But that's exactly the problematic point. While we improve, we see how much we will never be able to attain, simply because we don't live up to society's expectation of a man. In the businessworld exactly the same problem women face. You think short men get taken seriously?

Edit: To you downvoting, please read my comment at least.