I’ve never thought I would be forced to write an article
about this, but due to recent comments I’ve been receiving on social media
platforms, I want to voice my opinion on this.
I’m talking about the fetishisation of tall women by,
predominantly, men. This is more
commonly known as “Macrophillia”, and to those of you who don’t know, this
involves a tall woman taking on a role as a giantess, who’s main purpose is to
dominate, sexually please, and crush men smaller than them.
Because of the nature of this fetish, tall women have been
targeted as a cornerstone of it, whether they are consenting to being viewed in
such a way or not.
I’m bringing this up because I recently posted a picture on
my personal Tumblr of me standing next to a friend of mine (baring in mind I
was standing on the step above her) with the caption “If anyone doubts how tall
I am, I will bend down, and show them this picture.”
In the picture, I look over a foot taller than my friend. I
thought it was funny. She thought it was funny. But, to a lot of people (as I
discovered shortly after posting it), were only interested because it tied into
their fetish. To them, in that photo, I was their ‘giantess’ towering over
others, not an 18 year old girl having a photo with her work friend.
Following this, I received some pretty strange and frankly,
upsetting messages from men asking me to love them, asking me to be their
giantess, asking me to wear heels and dominate them. All of these messages were
on anonymous, and because of this, people’s true desires and intentions can be
revealed without consequence (because believe me, there would be consequences).
When I scrolled through the notes on this photo, I clicked
on a couple of blogs, and on around 95% of them, there were pictures of women
who had been enlarged to the same height as buildings, women who had had their
photo taken in public without their knowledge because they had large breasts or
long legs, women who were crushing men in the palm of their hand while they
sported raging erections. Honestly, I felt angry, and I eventually felt too
uncomfortable, and had to delete the photo entirely.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m 6’1”, and my height is
something I’ve struggled with since I was around 15. To me, wearing 2 inch
heels to prom was definitely up there on my top 5 nerve wracking experiences.
I want to be able to wear heels without worrying that men
will either be intimidated by me, or want me to grow 30ft, tie them up and
crush them under my massive feet. I want to be able to post pictures of myself
on social media and tag it with ‘tall girl’ without men sexualising me without
my consent. I want to be able to walk down the street in whatever shoes I want
to, wearing whatever I want to, without being concerned about whether or not
I’m unintentionally feeding someone’s fetish.
I do not exist to be fetishized, sexualised and drooled
over. My size 8 feet do not exist to crush you in your fantasies. My height
does not exist for you. Tall women do not exist for your pleasure. Moreover, women do not exist for your pleasure.
Please refrain from thinking otherwise.
