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It's gone mega viral there and I feel bad for the short dudes out there that are going to have to hear this, but you all know it to be true. We always talk about like the privilege pyramid or you know, they always want to say, oh, white privilege. You and I, Buck, I think are in agreement that the number one privilege in America today is pretty girl privilege, right? If you are a good looking woman, you are automatically elevated above everybody else no matter what your your gender is, no matter what your wealth. That I think is the number one privilege in America today. I would say that the thing that men are most judged for is actually more significant and more anti privilege than anything that women are judged for. And that is what the data has shown on the dating apps. Women will not date short men and I'll give you an example of this from my own life. My wife Laura, we have been married for 21 years, almost 21 years. And I asked her once, she's five two, let me repeat that. She is five two. I said would you have dated me if I were 5 8? She said no, probably not. She's 5 2, Buck. She could wear heels. And if I were 58 I would still be clearly quite significantly taller than her. Unless they're the craziest heels ever. She is. I'm seven, I'm six foot. All right, so I, I've been good spot there. But then you convey confessed that your own wife who you just had a baby with confessed to you. What about height situations?
Christiane Amanpour
I was the, I was the bottom of the acceptable. I am also 6ft by the way. Clay and I are the same height. I mean depends on how swooped my hair or his hair is in any given day. But we're within certainly like a half inch of each other and we stand up back to back. We're both about 6ft tall. OK. My wife has told me, she's like yeah, you were basically like you. It was like I was, you know, when they do the tall enough for the ride at the amusement park. I was tall. I was just barely Tall enough to date.
Clay Travis
So she almost eliminated you for not being. How tall is your wife? Oh, she's 5 3.
Christiane Amanpour
I mean, you've heard Laura are basically, in other words.
Clay Travis
Yes. My wife's 52 years, about 5 3. I understand for women out there, if you're like 5 9, I understand why you might want to date a guy taller. This is not our situation.
Christiane Amanpour
We need to set some, we need to set some parameters now, everybody. And there's a bigger conversation here too, which is that marriage formation is down. A lot of guys are, and a lot of women are taking themselves out of this sort of marriage formation pool. There are a lot of people who are, you know, not pairing up who say they want to. I'm not talking about you. If you, if you choose, you don't want to do it. If you want to become a monk. Okay, wait. There's always exceptions. So please don't call and be like, I have been living in a monastery for 13 years and I, I love this life. It's like, I get it. Ok? But for most people, we're going to exclude a few things because this is my friend Jedediah. Bila was the one who shared out the data on this one. And Jedediah, she likes to, you know, you know, she was on the View, she was on Fox for many years. She, she, you know, likes to sort of give it, give it tough to both sides, I would say, in terms of the dating and the social stuff, you know, to the guys, to the girls. And she just pointed this out that there's, there's, the data has a real, there's a real problem with this data now. And I want to argue that this is a new thing. I think it is a new thing. Relatively new thing. Here's women who are saying, I won't date a guy shorter than me that I get so much so that I would say I, I think maybe once or twice I was on a date with a woman who was basically my height. Didn't like it. Yeah, didn't like it. I, I'm just a preference thing. Everybody. You could say that's. I just, I'm not, I would, I.
Clay Travis
Wouldn'T date a woman who's six two. You know, like, I doesn't mean she's not attractive, but I wouldn't want to date a woman who's taller than me.
Christiane Amanpour
Yeah. Like, you know, I don't want to feel like she could beat me in a game of one on one. You know what I'm saying? Like, I just, it's not really what I'm looking for, so. But, but we're not talking about that. The data shows that 85% of women online. Let me repeat this. 85% of women have a problem with and don't want to date a man who is five eight or shorter. And five, eight is a very interesting metric because that is average height, basically, right?
Clay Travis
It's 5 8. 59 is like the average guy's height in America.
Christiane Amanpour
I mean, okay, yeah, maybe it's five nine, but like that is average male height.
Clay Travis
Yes.
Christiane Amanpour
85% of women online say that they will not date a guy who is average or less than average height. And that excludes all other factors. I'm just going to say it. There's also a thing where men online, it's a. In terms of their rating of attractiveness of women. It's a bell curve. They think, you know, they think 20% of women, they're really not, you know, 20%, 20%. Pretty good. I mean, and it goes all the way up to. Oh my gosh, 20%. Amazing. Like my dream woman, right? Women, it's like 70. Again, this is the data. Don't argue with me, OK? I'll give you the citations. This is, this is millions and millions of swipes and data on Bumble, on OkCupid, on all the. Don't, don't. So don't call in and say, well, I'm short or I'm taller. No, no. There's a. This is about what's happening in the aggregate millions and millions of times across the country. Clay, I just got so excited I.
Clay Travis
Forgot where I was. So. But this is indic my argument. I'm going to take it even further than you. So if you're angry about anything, you should reach out to Buck because he's responsible for all these opinions. I actually think women.
Christiane Amanpour
Oh, I'm sorry. Wait real quick. Just, I don't want to. Women, basically, women think that like 10 to 15% of men are good looking and all other men are ugly. That's what the data actually shows, which is insane. Again, men, It's a bell curve. Men live in the reality here of like, you know, and also they're far more willing to go on a date. Women. Now I understand biologically, you don't have to explain this. Jordan Peterson could show up and tell me like, I get it, they have to be choosier. And there's a different thing and there's a different imperative with that. Fine. But 80% of guys are not ugly. You know what I mean? This is crazy.
Clay Travis
So I think women are more. This. Nobody will tell you this. I think I'm right on this. I think women are more selective of men in terms of what they must have than men are of women. In other words. Let me explain this.
Christiane Amanpour
Clip that one and share that one out, team.
Clay Travis
I like it. Here's my theory on this. Guys will fall in love with particular body parts on women. This is 100% true. Every guy has got a guy.
Christiane Amanpour
Also their personalities, Clay, ok?
Clay Travis
I'm talking about the first time they see them. Every guy has a friend who is obsessed with long legs. Every guy has a friend who likes butts. Every guy has a friend and he cannot lie. Yes. Every guy has a friend who, like, likes boobs. Other guys are like, I don't even care about anything else. All I want is a really pretty face. And you'll hear, be like, that girl weighs 300 pounds. Be like, yeah, but she's got a really pretty face. Like, there are guys. Whatever attribute you have as a woman, there are guys out there that are into it. There are people, Buck, who love feet. I don't even understand this. Like, have you seen her ankles? No. No. It's not 1840 for dating.
Christiane Amanpour
That's a little bit of a different category.
Clay Travis
But sure, I think there's feet. Guys back in the day, by the way, this is funny. Do you know what was considered scandalous in the. I used to give tours of the United States Capitol when I was in college. It was considered scandalous. This is amazing because the people who would sit in the gallery at the Senate and at the House. Do you know how women would get men's attention who were on, like, the congressmen and the senators. How would they be alluring?
Christiane Amanpour
Show a little ankle. Is this like Saudi Arabia?
Clay Travis
They would show their ankles and the men below would look up and they would be like, that is the best looking. I'm kidding about this. Like Sam Houston back in the day. He's on the. He's on the floor there. Davy Crockett. They would. They would be talking off. Off the. Off the floor. They'd be like, did you see the set of ankles on Tilda in the front row of the. Of the House of Representatives? I'm telling you, this is men. There are men who are into everything. I don't think there is an equivalent for women, like the height thing. If you are. I'm sorry, if you are short and bald, you better have an incredible job. You better be. You better be killing it. Because a lot of women out There are like, yeah, I don't like his hair. He doesn't have any hair. I mean this was the George Costanza thing back in the day. There is no equivalent for women of the short bald man. And this ties in on your point about the whole dating app world has created an artificial worldview. Buck, I've been talking about this. I can't get over it. There are tons of successful women out there who are choosing because they can't find a man. They are going to sperm donors and they're flipping through just picking a non actual human. Right. That they're going to interact with to have a baby with. The person is a human, but they're never going to interact with him based solely on the data on the page. Like, hey, he got a 1500 on the SAT and he went to Yale and he's six two and he's got blue eyes and hair. That's my guy. And you never meet him because you're trying to create a version of a man that you can't meet in real life.
Christiane Amanpour
But also the height thing, is it diminishing returns to like do seven footers clean up?
Clay Travis
Yeah, I think it's a diminishing return. I think most women would say that the ideal height window is like six foot to six four. After six four you become too tall and awkward and gangly for them. They want like six foot to six four. This is me analyzing women. And then you get too tall. But to your point, I saw you tweet this and I do think it's the important, most important aspect here is it's the only thing. I guess baldness is the other. Height and baldness are the only thing you can judge someone for that they virtually have no control over. If a guy's like, hey, I was going to date her but she's fat. People would be like, oh, can you get a load of him? Like if a guy on a dating app wrote no fat chicks, girls would be like, can. Can you can control your weight on some level? I was reading this morning the Buck, they now have the what's the peptides or whatever the gl, the, the glue tides, whatever that thing is.
Christiane Amanpour
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Clay Travis
Yeah. Did you see Eli Lilly announced today they now have it in pill form. You're not even going to have to inject yourself on that stuff anymore. You can just take a pill which will guarantee that you lose weight and eat less and everything else. But you can work to change everything by and large, except for hair and except for height. And it's the things women care about.
Christiane Amanpour
Here's. You've. You've lined this up. I think that height is the most superficial metric that a person can care about. And yet all women have somehow become, you know, all women have some. And I say all women. I know not all of you. Okay, Some of you are married to great guys who are 5 3, and that's wonderful. But this has become a thing in our culture and I think this is my theory. It's because of we're all sort of metrics and online obsessed now. It's about social media. It's about posting your, you know, your boyfriend or your husband on Instagram and he towers over you. And like, there's this sense of. Because I don't. I understand wanting a partner to be fit. I understand wanting a partner to be smart or to have an attractive face or to, you know, all that stuff. Of course, this is dating. This is mating. That's how it goes. But to be like, I mean, there's actually a meme that was going. Or a little videos going around and it was of someone who's. Who's. I was like a woman and she's saying, you know, he's six four, criminal record, no problem. Speaks no English, no problem. Like, and even the difference between, I think it was 6:1 and 6:4 was like, you know, 6:1, I'll deal with your annoying. And I'll deal with an annoying mother in law. Like 6:1, I'll. But 6:4, you know, you may be an ax murderer, but I think we still have a drink. So are we crazy on this one? Let's take some calls from the ladies on this one. Do you agree with us or do you think this is. This is. Are you seeing this? Those of you who have daughters or granddaughters too, is it. Is it bigger among them than it was?
Clay Travis
I'm like you, Clay.
Christiane Amanpour
You think about like a lot of the biggest actors. Five, eight, Tom Cruise, like five seven, you know.
Clay Travis
Yeah, but they, but they have women that make them look bigger than they are. So yes, it's true. Like Tom Cruise. Some of these guys are little. I think the best point you made is this is what the data shows. Like, the anecdote doesn't really matter. I'm sure there are exceptions to the data, but it's actually quite clear that women are, I think, more judgmental of men's physical appearances than men actually are of women. I saw a funny meme yesterday too, by the way. On the same level. How much have you read Buck over the years? About Barbie and unrealistic, you know, like physical expectations for women. You know Barbie. Have you ever seen an article about like he man or or any number of basically Superman superheroes? You ever seen a story about how unrealistic he man's body type and like Superman's body type is and how it is so destructive to young men?
Christiane Amanpour
Well no, because he man would have to be on massive doses of right?
Clay Travis
It's impossible to a large extent. Like Barbie's body is impossible. I've never seen anyone argue oh this is unfortunate for men. Like how in the world can they get out of bed? They have unrealistic expectations. I think we have a one way street on a lot of this this.
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Travis and Buck Sexton.
Clay Travis
We are deluged with responses after Buck shared the data, which is true that women are horribly discriminating against short men. And if in fact you wanted to talk about privilege, maybe number one, pretty privilege, maybe number two, height privilege, because I think it goes across race, gender. For men in particular, can you think of something where you'd be like, hey, what's more valuable than being six foot or taller? For men, I mean, obviously intelligence, I'm talking about just physical attributes. I think you probably go height and for women, I think you probably go pretty. And those are probably the two biggest, best, most valuable assets. Now for men, you could also say there are things you work for. Right? Wealth obviously factors in. Allie has been saying off air that she thinks this is just straight biology because historically women have wanted bigger men because they protect them better than smaller men do. And I think that's probably true on average. Not to say you can't be 54 and, you know, an incredible UFC fighter back in the day in the caveman era, but probably being 64 Goliath styles probably a little bit more of an advantage. Yeah.
Christiane Amanpour
Yes, perhaps. It's interesting to see that a lot of women are actually, as we see the listeners weighing in on this one, they're like, look, I'm not picky about a man's, A man's, you know, hair, a man's this that I don't need a six pack. I don't. But I do have a height requirement. So many women have a height requirement. This is what I mean.
Clay Travis
I think perfect that what we were saying is your wife is five three minus five two. Both of them have told us they would not have dated us if we were five, eight.
Christiane Amanpour
Well, no. And that clearly we both just barely were tall enough for the amusement park ride.
Clay Travis
I do. There is no male equivalent to this. There is no male equivalent, I don't think, to women's height again, because women, men like tall women, short women, big women, small women, like whatever you are, there is a man out there that will be in love with you. Like I said, I still love the idea. We come back, we'll update you on everything going on and we'll take your calls and we'll have some fun. But I still love the idea of back in the 1800s, the ankle thing on the, on the balcony overlooking. This is how men are. You got a great ankle. We'll find you.
Christiane Amanpour
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Clay Travis
Ali, you are married to Gerard and he is fabulous. And Buck and I are both very big fans of his. How tall is Gerard? Gerard is six four. Six four. And how tall are you, Ali? I am five three. All right, you are five three. We have said prior, my wife is five two, Buck's wife is five three. That both of them have told us that if we were 5 8, we would not have been their dating partner and not their married partner. I will say this too, by the way, Buck, my mom is 5 4, my dad is 6 3. I bet if my dad had been 5 8, I bet I wouldn't exist. Just tossing that out there. I haven't ever asked my mom if she would have dated him if he was 5 8. She may be listening. She can let me know. But Allie, if Gerard had been 5 8, would you have ever started dating him as a 5 foot 3 woman? Oh wow. You two. I was also attracted to other things about Gerard. Uh huh. If he was 5 8, would you have dated him? Yes. 5 6. Oh my goodness, yes. I think she's, I think she's lying to us. I think because when I brought this up as we went to break at the end of the last hour, she five four. Oh, Clay.
Christiane Amanpour
Oh, I can answer. There's no way. There's no way.
Clay Travis
I don't believe she would have. I think Allie, he was under 60ft.
Christiane Amanpour
Ali, I'll give, I'll give you this. I don't, I understand like male female dynamic. I understand if women. Although some women don't mind if a guy who. There are women who don't mind if a guy is shorter than ever. Especially if they're like if you're 6 foot tall woman now in heels. Right. You're 6 3ish, right? Probably 6 3.
Clay Travis
Would you rather be a super tall woman or a short man? Oh, I think you had to choose super tall woman. You'd rather be a six foot five woman than like a five four man.
Christiane Amanpour
I mean, I'm identifying now as a six foot six makes you a hero. Six five woman would be. I mean that's like a, you're like bigger than a WNBA center at that. I think that. Aren't the WNBA centers like you're a.
Clay Travis
Giant woman if you're like six two or bigger. Like. Right. I mean that's very, very rare for a woman. It's like being a seven foot man.
Christiane Amanpour
So, you know, I think it's, I think it's, you know, women anyway. Some women will date shorter them. I don't, I understand a woman saying, I don't want to date a guy shorter than me again. What the data shows is that women like an amusement park ride have in their minds at least, and it shows that they act on this when it comes to online dating. A height cutoff.
Clay Travis
And every nature show, every nature show you watch shows the species and how they attract each other. And the male birds will puff up and the lizards will make their gills go larger. Whatever, you know what I'm saying?
Christiane Amanpour
But to me that's, that's, that's like muscles. That's, you know, that's maybe if you like someone's eyes, you know, there's all these physical attributes. But for. It seems to me that height for women, for male. Physical Ally question. I mean, this is not fair because Gerard has a six pack and a six four. So this is gonna, you know, now we're really. If Gerard. Oh no, take Gerard out of this. If you, if you have to pick for a guy height 64 or Gerard level physique. What. What are we going for here?
Clay Travis
Oh my goodness. All right. If we're just going purely off physical. Yeah, I, I suppose the fit, the fitness because I.
Christiane Amanpour
Okay, so she would go with the fitness. That makes more sense to me. I think Ali is in a distinct minority there because I think most women, they just, they, there's this height thing, dude. I have, I've clay. I'm six feet tall. I have come across women who have basically been like, you know, almost like they're doing me a favor. Like you bait. Like you just. This is obviously before I met Carrie, but I was single for many, many.
Clay Travis
Years in New York.
Christiane Amanpour
They're like, I kind of, you know, grandfathered you in. Like, if I had known you weren't quite like six two, you know, I would. It is wild. And they're very open about this too. Like they don't because. Because it's so objective that they don't feel bad saying it's not. Like they're like, I wish you were better looking. Like, that's just mean. But, like, you're a little on the short side. For me, they'll just say it to your face.
Clay Travis
But you know what really sealed the deal for me is humor, personality. And humor, like, funny is underrated. Like, I think you're like a.
Christiane Amanpour
You're like an emotionally stable, spiritually wholesome, very kind person. You know, you're all right. You know, we did. Ali's an outlier for like. Like depth in. As a human being. A lot of people who are superficial.
Clay Travis
Out there, I think that's top three for most women. I think height is one, money is two, And I think more women will admit to the height thing than the money thing. There's not a lot of rich guys with ugly women. I'm just saying it is not happen very often that you see a super rich guy with an unattractive woman.
Christiane Amanpour
But here's again, I understand humorous why you want a rich guy. I understand. I'm not saying that. That it's not superficial or that, you know, we don't wish that there was romance beyond that, but being able to provide. Unless a guy is playing in the NBA or is like a tight end in the NFL, him being 6, 6 means nothing. I. This is what I don't understand. But women love this.
Clay Travis
Women love it. I think it's total. I think. I think Ali's right. I think it's total biology. I think historically, the bigger gorilla was able to protect the female gorilla from smaller gorillas. And so I think biologically, women are attracted to bigger men because they have the ability to protect Clay. Biologically.
Christiane Amanpour
Look at you and see. But see, this is where I get. Look at you. Like most UFC fighters are. Are almost all of them are 5, 8 to 6, 1 or 6, 2. Like, there's very few that are tall.
Clay Travis
Certainly very arbitrary, but I think this is straight biology. I think it's just like caveman days. If you were bigger, stronger, and faster, you were more likely to be able to kill a animal and provide for the female baby that she had.
Christiane Amanpour
Average UFC fighter height is 510.
Clay Travis
Yeah, I just.
Christiane Amanpour
Yeah.
Clay Travis
So documentaries also point out lions. Lions. The male lion, the bigger mane attract the female with the.
Christiane Amanpour
Well, see, Maine, I get a little more. I'm like, I'm like. A great mane is something that I can get behind. You know what I'm saying?
Clay Travis
I think it's just. I think it's just power. And historically, the more, like, size you had as a man, the more power you tended to have.
Christiane Amanpour
Like, let's say, do we still have David in Scottsdale, Arizona?
Clay Travis
Is he a short guy calling in, we've ruined his day?
Christiane Amanpour
No, he's 6 3. Okay, David, what have you got for us?
Buck Sexton
Hi, guys. I'm six three. My girlfriend's five two. One of the first things she said is two things. She almost didn't date me because she felt bad that she was taking a tall person or. But the big thing is her tall girlfriends do not like short girls taking the tall guy.
Clay Travis
Oh, that's an interesting point. I hadn't even thought about the anger that short girl with tall guy can provoke. Because if you're five nine chick, and your girlfriend who's five three takes the six two guy. I get it. I do think there's something to your argument, Buck. In an Instagram able age, everybody wants the perfect photo. And I think there's a lot of girls out there. Yes, they wear heels and they're wearing a fancy dress and they're going to a cocktail party or they're going to a, you know, formal event of some sort. They don't want to post a photo standing next to a guy who's shorter than them because they think it doesn't make the photo look as good. I think that is in the Instagram part of it. I think that's even more.
Christiane Amanpour
That is my. That is my thesis that social media and online dating has created this, like, rush. Rush of interest in the height situation. We got Walker in Augusta, Georgia.
Buck Sexton
Hey, guys. Hey, guys. Love the show. And hearing you guys talk today remind me of a story. So I'm retired law enforcement. I was 22 years on SWAT and I was the team leader. And we had a business guy that basically sponsored our team, gave us that, you know, for extra equipment, stuff like that. And we invited him out to the range. He was shooting with us, and we were standing around the ammo table. We were jamming mags, waiting for the next iteration to come on. And we're all like, six two and taller. All of us are big dudes. And he is 5 6. And he's standing there and he's jamming mags, and he's looking around, looking around. He looks in and said, I'll tell you what, y' all are some big guys, but if I stand in my wallet, I'm six six. Like that. And we all said, yes, sir, you're exactly right. And to that fact, he has a hot wife. I am not gonna lie. And I've been.
Christiane Amanpour
He's. He is what we call in the culture, he is what we call Walker, a short king. That is what the millennials in Gen Z now. He's a short king.
Clay Travis
That's really funny. That's a great line. And by the way, is there something to short guy being driven to be far more successful than tall guy because he knows that he has to be economically successful to get the best looking girl in a way that tall guy doesn't. In other words, this tall guy, lazy. Because if you're 6:2 or whatever, you have that height advantage for you. And five, six guy is like, I'm going to do all the work, I'm going to put in all the extra time. Maybe I. That would actually make some sense, right? Or there's. Here's a way to test it. Buck, this would be actually fascinating. How much correlation is there between super wealth. I don't mean like, you know, you're making a good living. I mean, like, you're a hedge fund guy. How much correlation is there between hedge fund guy, like, you're making tens of millions of dollars a year and average height guy? Are hedge fund guys taller or shorter on average than like finance bro?
Christiane Amanpour
I, I want to get. We haven't had a lady on the, on the phone lines yet. We got so much coming in, though. It's so funny. What, you know, we're sitting here, we're talking about, like, saving the republic and, and, you know, the, the constitution and birthright citizenship. We get some calls. We talk about height in dating kaboom. Everybody, everybody's like, wow, I gotta, I gotta tell you, Geralyn in Los Angeles, what's going on?
F
Geralyn, it's funny that you mentioned that, but because I have tried so many times to get on the air with y', all and this is the time I made it through, but I do have opinions about women dating short men. Ali, Producer Ali is absolutely correct. It's evolutionary. Women are attracted to providers and protectors, and generally that means bigger, stronger, taller men who can protect us. And men are attracted to breeders, which is where the 36, 24, 36 bust to waist hip ratio comes in. However, I think you're wrong, Buck. I think more women are as evolved as producer Ali than you think, because I think more women will compromise on.
Christiane Amanpour
Things like, oh, Geralyn, Geralyn, I love where your head's going. Hold on. The data. The data does not surprise you saying so.
Clay Travis
But where do you think people compromise?
F
No, you're absolutely right about the data. That's 100% true. I just think that you're. I think if I'm on a dating app, I'm a divorced woman. I'm 40, I live in L. A. I'm attracted to big, strong, manly men, but there's not that many of them in L. A. By the way, Henry Cavill, if you're listening, I've been waiting for you to knock on my door for several years. Just come.
Christiane Amanpour
He's. Henry Cavill is a mallusion for sure. I agree. Yes.
F
Yeah. That's your comparison. That's your standard of beauty that you compare to. No, I. You're right that you never see a rich man with an ugly woman, but you will see a beautiful woman with an ugly man very often, especially in church, because there are a lot of women who are smart enough to realize they need to be dating somebody who's a good communicator, who is not too cocky to be a poor mate, who is reliable and going to be a steady partner to raise the children with than somebody who's simply hot. And I think it's, again, evolutionary. Evolutionary. That men are attracted to beautiful women more than women are attracted to.
Christiane Amanpour
Okay, I don't. I don't. I'm not going to like the evolutionary thing.
Clay Travis
I actually agree with a lot, a lot of what she had to say there. I think she's. She's nailed a bunch.
Christiane Amanpour
No, she's a very. Geraldine, you're very astute, very high cue listener. We have so many of them and we appreciate when you call in. But let me ask you this. Do you agree with the thesis that height has become far more of a focus among women in the dating pool in America? This is a good one, say, 20 or 30 years ago, because that's really. My thesis is that online dating, Instagram, social media has made this a thing, Whereas you used to not be able to say 6 foot. Some women say 6, 2, and above. I know that exists.
F
I think that it's always been important. So, no, I reject. I don't need more important. I think now we just have the data to prove that it's important.
Christiane Amanpour
All right, well, Geraldine, I'm just going tell you something. If you're. If you're a single lady in L. A, you set. You set the. If you're on a dating app, not making any assumptions, but if you're on a dating app, you set that, that. That filter to 5, 8 plus, you're gonna get short kings. Just, it's gonna be great, you know, just, just let those short kings make their pitch to you. And I'm telling you, you know, you'll call in, you'll be like, I got, you know, I found my, I found the love of my life. Anyway, that's, that's my little bit of a little bit of this.
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Christiane Amanpour
Travis and Buck Sexton. Caller Jared is a former Navy SEAL and he's five three. What's up, Jared?
Buck Sexton
Yes, I'm so honored to finally get through to you guys, but I haven't ever, I'll be honest, I've never tried to get through you guys, but it was with Rush Limbaugh and with you, the subject going on, I'm like, oh, Lord, I've got to call in. I got to try it one more time. And I'm so honored to actually be on. Thank you very much. So the Navy program, they want Navy seals to be short the shorter you are and stealthier you'll be and less hidden. So it doesn't matter. They'll take tall men. But as a 5 foot 3 ex Navy, very proud.
Christiane Amanpour
Okay, so, Jared, you're a badass, and we love you and we appreciate you serving our country. Let me ask you, though, tallest woman you've ever dated.
Buck Sexton
Five, six.
Clay Travis
Okay.
Christiane Amanpour
You know, that's in the strikes.
Clay Travis
No.
Christiane Amanpour
But also, you know, you're, you know, Navy guy, you show them the anchor tattoo on your bicep. You're a seal. You know, you're a little bit of a special case. I'm just going to say this like, you know, I'm sure you did fine with the ladies.
Buck Sexton
Well, you know, the point of the matter is, hey, in my world, the shorter you are, and in this world, the better you are, the more stealth you are. But you know what? Again, I go back to when you get in the real world. Yeah, it's kind of hard to get a woman when you're my size.
Clay Travis
Thank you for the call.
Christiane Amanpour
Appreciate you calling in Jared, and thank you for your service. We got a talk back here from Russell in Salt Lake.
Clay Travis
Cc.
Christiane Amanpour
He listens on K N R S where we are consistently number one. Thank you, Salt Lake City. We love you. Play it. Guys, guys, guys, you got it all wrong. It's not the height. It's the guitar in the guy's hands. I think it's the flute, personally, but.
Clay Travis
The flute in everybody's hands. What percentage of musicians in rock bands got into music solely for girls?
Christiane Amanpour
I mean, I think Dave Navarro of. Of what? Is he nine Inch Nails or. No, not nine inches.
Clay Travis
No. Red Hot Chili Peppers, right?
Christiane Amanpour
Was he? Yeah, Red Hot Chili Pepper. Sorry. I think he's like 52 or 5 3. Like some of these guys that are on stage.
Clay Travis
Oh, yeah.
Christiane Amanpour
You never see anyone really sort of standing some of these big rock. I mean, wasn't Prince was like 4 11. He was tiny.
Clay Travis
Yeah. Actually pretty good basketball player to remember the chappelle skit like that was based in reality. Prince was a high school basketball. Pretty good player in the Minneapolis area.
Christiane Amanpour
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Buck Sexton
Hey, I was just calling because while women can hold men to standards of height, why can't we hold them to the standards of, you know, weight and taking care of themselves? Can they cook a meal? I mean, you know, it's got to be both ways when it comes to a successful marriage. It's not always if the guy is just tall, but if the woman's just kind of, you know, I'm pretty.
Clay Travis
Josh, you're preaching to the choir here. A man who says that he doesn't want to date a fat woman is considered to be. And like, even women are just like, oh, when I just said that, it's completely unacceptable, yet you can control in some way your weight. Women saying, yeah, I won't date short guys. Totally considered to be acceptable. I think that's probably the biggest disconnect between what men are allowed to say and what women are allowed to say. Women can judge men on things they can't control. Men can't even judge women on things they can control. Welcome to modern life.
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Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Episode: Hour 3 - The Best of Clay and Buck
Release Date: July 4, 2025
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts
Description: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton delve into the most pressing stories in news, politics, and current events, blending intelligence with humor. From discussing societal issues like the border crisis and cancel culture to analyzing data-driven insights on contemporary social dynamics, Clay and Buck offer engaging conversations and viewpoints.
Timestamp: [02:52]
The episode transitions from a series of advertisements to the main content, where Clay Travis introduces a conversation about societal privileges, focusing particularly on beauty and height in the context of dating.
Timestamp: [02:53]
Clay Travis posits that "pretty girl privilege" is the foremost privilege in America today, asserting that attractiveness can elevate individuals above others regardless of gender or wealth. He states:
“I think the number one privilege in America today is pretty girl privilege. If you are a good-looking woman, you are automatically elevated above everybody else no matter what your gender is, no matter what your wealth.”—Clay Travis [02:53]
He contrasts this with the challenges men face, particularly those of shorter stature, emphasizing that men are often judged more harshly for their height than women are.
Timestamp: [06:44]
Using data from dating apps, Clay and Christiane Amanpour discuss how a significant majority of women express a preference for taller men. Christiane shares:
“The data shows that 85% of women online say that they will not date a guy who is five eight or shorter.”—Christiane Amanpour [06:44]
Clay adds context by highlighting that 5'8" is around the average male height in America, making this preference particularly impactful.
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Clay and Christiane share their personal relationships to illustrate the discussed data. Clay mentions:
“I asked her once, she's five two, let me repeat that. She is five two. I said would you have dated me if I were 5'8?”—Clay Travis [05:08]
Christiane responds with her own experiences, revealing that she stands six feet tall and discusses how societal expectations influenced her dating life.
Timestamp: [23:49]
Christiane elaborates on how platforms like Instagram and online dating have amplified the emphasis on height:
“It's because we're all sort of metrics and online obsessed now. It's about social media. It's about posting your boyfriend or your husband on Instagram and he towers over you.”—Christiane Amanpour [23:49]
She theorizes that the visual nature of social media reinforces height as a key aesthetic preference, further entrenching these biases.
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Clay argues that women are generally more selective than men when it comes to physical attributes in dating:
“Women are more selective of men in terms of what they must have than men are of women.”—Clay Travis [09:19]
He suggests that while men may prioritize specific physical traits, women’s criteria are broader and more stringent, often placing undue emphasis on uncontrollable factors like height.
Timestamp: [31:03]
Listeners contribute to the discussion, sharing their experiences and viewpoints. For example, Jared, a former Navy SEAL, emphasizes that in his field, being shorter can be advantageous, challenging the prevailing stereotypes about height and attractiveness.
“The shorter you are and the better you are, the more stealth you are.”—Jared [43:24]
Another caller, Geralyn from Los Angeles, argues that while height remains important, women often prioritize qualities like communication and reliability over just physical attributes.
“I think if I'm on a dating app, I'm a divorced woman. I'm 40, I live in L.A. I'm attracted to big, strong, manly men, but there's not that many of them in L.A.”—Geralyn [35:23]
Timestamp: [29:24]
Clay and Christiane conclude that while biological and evolutionary factors contribute to height preferences, societal influences like social media exacerbate these biases. They emphasize the importance of recognizing and challenging these superficial standards to foster more meaningful connections based on personality and compatibility.
Clay underscores the disparity in societal acceptance of gendered preferences:
“Women can judge men on things they can't control. Men can't even judge women on things they can control.”—Clay Travis [46:31]
Christiane agrees, highlighting the challenges faced by shorter men and the need for societal change to promote equity in dating standards.
This episode of "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show" provides a thought-provoking analysis of how height influences dating dynamics, supported by data, personal anecdotes, and listener interactions. The hosts encourage listeners to reflect on societal standards and advocate for a more inclusive and equitable understanding of attractiveness beyond superficial traits.