Do you find yourself wishing Mr. Right was just that tad bit taller? Adore your man but afraid of being the dubbed local “TomKat”?

I’ve always been 5ft 8in. One inch below average. And generally, I was OK with that.

What I lacked in stature, I made up for in confidence.

While men wanting to add a few extra inches in the height department is nothing new, it seems a ‘subtle’ lift just won’t do anymore.

Men who were once intent on concealing a platform are now proudly showing them off.

If you look at the couples around you, you find that most men are taller than their women. This isn’t just a coincidence, nor it is it as simple as taller is better, although the research does show some preference for taller men. What’s interesting is how women use height in gauging their attraction for men.

This week, the actor Jameela Jamil said she wants to see fewer dating stereotypes on screen. Instead of the usual conventionally-pretty-woman-meets-conventionally-handsome-man trope, she wants to see love between able-bodied and disabled characters, mixed-race love and, why not, tall women with short men.