At 5'5" I've always suspected that the "rule out height" was around 5'7". You'd think that being discriminated against would cure you of the urge to discriminate...as the author points out that's not necessarily true. I passed up an opportunity with a woman, great tennis player and I was a tennis addict, smart. sweet, and a terrible case of acne. The very worst decision of my life, I suspect so many things could have been different, better had I been able to be a "bigger" man:(