Getting on the TomKat bandwagon...sort of.

I was reading the (UK )newspapers this morning when I came across an article re: TomKat.
The point in question was why the wedding photograph shows him taller then Ms Holmes, when in reality she towers over him by 2 inches.

To Quote the article:

Cruise may have reached the dizzying stratosphere of Hollywood's A-list and the inner circle of Scientology (which believes that humans are descendants of aliens known as Thetans) but he clearly still has little-big-man hang-ups about his height.

Nor is he alone. In an industry where leading men are expected to conform to society's expectations of desirability, some vertically challenged actors go to great lengths to disguise their shortcomings.

Alan Ladd, a diminutive 5ft 4in, sometimes had to clamber on to an orange box to kiss his leading ladies or take a swipe at his enemies. In Boy on a Dolphin, Sophia Loren was forced to stand in a hole to play opposite him. James Cagney was 5ft 5in, but cultivated a tough-guy image. And although about 5ft 8in, Humphrey Bogart was often mocked for his height.

It's easier for character actors to carve a niche for themselves: Danny DeVito (5ft), Dustin Hoffman (5ft 6in) and the late Dudley Moore (5ft 2 ½in) have all received critical acclaim. All three married glamorous, taller, women , a testimony, perhaps, to their personalities rather than physical stature.

But there's no doubt that, on an evolutionary level, women prefer tall men, as they associate height with superior genes. A survey by the Open University for the National Child Development Study has shown that short men will always lose out to taller rivals in love.

As a result, a man of average height (5ft 9in in the UK) is less likely to marry than a 6ft 1in man. Tall men also earn an average of 10 per cent more than their short counterparts, because height is associated with leadership.

On the plus side, however, men shorter than 5ft 6in are less likely to commit suicide, because they develop better psychological self-defence skills to compensate. In fact, it is often this carapace of self-confidence that can give a short man the drive and charisma to attract a trophy mate. Just look at Bernie Ecclestone (5ft 4in) or Rod Stewart (5ft 8in).

Indeed Stewart's fiancee, Penny Lancaster (6ft 1in), has been known to step off the kerb for paparazzi shots, just as Diana (5ft 10in) wore low-heeled shoes and slumped at the shoulders to make Prince Charles look taller than his 5ft 11in height (she ditched the flatties as the marriage disintegrated).

But can a match between a tall woman and her shorter celebrity spouse ever last the distance? Cruise's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman (5ft 10in), famously remarked in the wake of their divorce: "At least I can wear high heels now." That said, she is now married to country singer Keith Urban, who claims to be 5ft 8in and is currently in rehab, so there's a hidden price to be paid for whipping on those Jimmy Choos again.

Whether there will be a hidden price in TomKat's Scientology vows in which Cruise promised Holmes"dresses, food and perhaps even a cat", while she promised to keep him content perhaps only the Thetans can tell.

But if domestic harmony is jeopardised by height, the elegant Mrs Cruise could soon give new meaning to the concept of an Armani trench.

I was taller then my first boyfriend, I hated it. We were teenagers and of course you are self-concious then anyway but sometimes I felt that people thought he was my little brother or something. Of course now he is taller then me so I'm told.

My next BF was taller by about an inch and a half which was fine unless I wore heels then I just didn't feel right.
It's probably brainwashed into us by society and the media , the above quote being a perfect example of the lenghths Hollywood will go to to decive the public that the guy always has to be taller. To give the image that only big men can proctect you.

Which thinking about it is stupid.

But I have to say I do like being able to rest my head against a nice broad chest.

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