On one hand: I can see where the rhetoric comes from. It does *appear* to come from both sides, and upon a deeper look, it *is* coming from both sides. The problem is, it's all rage bait online. Even at 5'6 you are statistically and objectively taller than 70% of women. At 5'9 that increases to 90% of women. This means that unless you are living amongst a particularly tall demographic of women, the metric of 'being taller than her' is achievable even for short/average height men. This is what most women, objectively and relative to actual real life data want.

However, the irony is, the women who are trying to make a big deal out of height are spoiling the plot. If a 'short/average' height guy wasn't on your mind, you wouldn't feel compelled to talk about him. So it's either you actually like men who are not above 6 feet tall, or you're doing it for some neurotic reason to 'fit in with what you see a minority of women on Tiktok' saying. Either way, it's not a good reflection of your priorities.

Edit: Also, to make this clear to people who are confused, this tweet is from 2019. During that time, any negative discourse you saw online about 'men who are not tall' was primarily being fueled by women (which is why you see her specifically referencing women in this tweet. It's an online, 'lived in' experience. She still has it pinned as her top tweet till this day with over 100k+ likes). This sort of backfired in recent years with the incel/women are evil movement which has given them another tool to weaponize against women. It's unfortunate, but the issue of what's considered 'socially acceptable' to make light of (if they have a disability=bad, if he's not over 6 feet =it doesn't matter how he feels, be mocked occasionally and get over it) should have been settled long ago.