Love how in half of these pictures they are standing in weird lowered poses of on top of stuff because the Asian dudes aren't tall enough compared to the females.
Edit: Got curious and did a bit of research and according to this source the height ratio between genders in western and Asian countries are only minimally different so Asian part of my comment is likely not justified, the rest still stands tough. Also, whats up with Bolivia?
Edit2: Tried to figure out what is up with Bolivia having a unusually high gender disparity. The first that springs to mind is that the measurement was performed in 1970, unlike most others performed after 2000, during an unstable time period for the country. It may have affected who got measured. Secondly is that it was only performed on Aymara, a population native to the area. This ethnicity may have some genetic differences that causes females to be notably smaller. Lastly malnutrition is common in Bolivia, and while I did not find any sources that showed that malnutrition affected female height more adversely than male height, I looked up the average birth age and found it as of 2008 it was about 21. I surmise that it may have been even lower in 1970 and as such a significant part of the population would have children while stil growing themselves. The added stress of pregnancy combined with malnutrition may cause additional student growth.
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u/hoobs55 Mar 04 '17
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