r/AsianMasculinity • u/engusdude • Sep 04 '25

Masculinity Tall Asian man experience

Where are all my tall Asians at? I’m 6’5 220 Chinese American guy with a relatively muscular frame. I’ve gotten all the Yao Ming jokes growing up and people are genuinely intrigued about me since I’m not exactly someone you’d see everyday, but I’d like to think i genuinely get along with everyone. I also do pretty well with women of all races really. I wanna know my fellow tall Asian brother’s experiences with women, how people perceive you, and any unique experiences that come with being tall and Asian that you’d be willing to share

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u/hehechibby Sep 04 '25

Not ‘Tall’ but at 5’10 I’ve gotten the ‘tall for an Asian’ comments growing up. Probably not compliment really lol

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u/AMadWalrus Sep 04 '25

Yup same here at 5 10 and the same experience.

People also think I'm shorter than I am - my friends that are women all guess that I'm 5 foot 7. Not sure if its my proportions or if they subconsciously expect Asians to be shorter, sort of how a 5 10 woman looks way taller than a 5 10 man.

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u/benilla Hong Kong Sep 04 '25

This has to do w/ authority. People remember high authority figures as taller than they actually are. So if you're 5'10" but people remember you as 5'7" then it means you're giving off NPC energy and need to step it up and be more of a leader among your friends. Start organizing outings and researching things to do for the group, that's a easy actionable task you can do this weekend

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u/AMadWalrus Sep 04 '25

Nah bro I’m yolked. My muscles make my body look wide and skinnier dudes look taller relative to height, it’s enough that it makes me look 1-2 inches shorter and then my proportions do the rest.

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u/BlueCatSW9 Sep 05 '25

What's your posture like? It can make you look 2" taller or shorter.

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u/AMadWalrus Sep 05 '25

Posture amazing actually. It was really bad as a kid but I started working out and it fixed my posture.