>>33321714 (OP)I'm gonna be plenty blunt anon. Height isn't just an androgenic factor. It's THE androgenic factor. You can be a poor man, an ugly man, or a man with a shitty personality, to a woman, you are still a man so long as you meet some arbitrary height requirement. If you are short, are you even a man? As cruel as it sounds, for a decent chunk of women, the answer is no.
That being said, what matters most is what you do with this knowledge. Some people internalize manletism and let it define themselves, instead of defining it. Although you can't make up for height if that's what a girl solely values, not every girl values height above everything. Disregard the ones who only care about your height, focus on the things that you can change, and don't be a maladaptive freak who relies on mongolian image boards to socialize.
There are short guys who get with short girls, with pretty girls, and yes, even girls who are taller than them. Maybe for a specific girl, height impedes you, but fuck her and move on to the next one.
Would you do better if you were taller? Definitely, but that's not your reality. So get to work anon.
t. 5'7, plenty of dates, hookups, and a handful of girls who approached me.