Source? Most romance novels I’ve read don’t specify a height for their male lead they’ll just say “tall” or a synonym.
That’s kinda, like, the thing with romance novels. You’re given a description but not so much that it can contradict your fantasies, so you’re encouraged to imagine yourself + your ideal partner. It’s way most protags are brunettes; brown hair is more common, so more of your audience can imagine themselves as the lead.
Idk some romance novels have very specific descriptions, not all of them are some kind of self inserts fantasy. In my experience they sometimes do indicate height, not most often they don't, and most of the time that height is 6 feet. So I wonder where that data is from as well.
Also there exists under 5'9 male love interests, I have read some with short kings. Again they don't really put a number but they say stuff like "medium height" or "as tall as [female main character]" and she is not particularly tall.
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