“Please don’t treat short people like children!”
Thank you for covering the fascinating topic of growth hormones. I appreciated that idiopathic short stature was mentioned. I was always about four inches shorter than average and was tested multiple times for growth hormone deficiency, but the results always came back showing that my body had the proper amount. I was told growth hormones wouldn’t help me at all and that I was destined to be short. I wish my parents had known that growth hormones might help even if there is no hormone deficiency.
Another aspect of height that wasn’t mentioned is the practicality of it. It’s actually difficult to do many tasks when you’re five inches shorter than the average woman, things such as driving, reaching things on higher shelves, and finding clothes that fit right.
Being short doesn’t magically make me super thin. Thank goodness I live in a society that doesn’t place too much value on externals, but I have been teased and infantilized all my life for my height. I find it super condescending when people pat me on the head or try to pick me up because I’m so short and cute. People don’t take me seriously because of my height, and it’s painful. It’s been hard to establish myself in the corporate world as a short-statured person.
Please don’t treat short people like children!
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