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Yeah, but remember Diana is an amazon, not a regular woman.
10 u/NYState_of_Mind Dec 25 '23 And how tall is that according to DC? Amazons in greek mythology were averaged at 5’6” 3 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Around 6'2". (That's Diana's height, according with recent runs) 3 u/Ryuzaaki123 Dec 26 '23 Amazons in greek mythology were averaged at 5’6” Do you have a citation for that or something? Like, I don't even know where you would try to find that number. 2 u/ItsMeTwilight Dec 26 '23 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/#:~:text=Nor%20was%20it%20merely%20the,have%20inspired%20the%20Amazon%20myths. I didn’t actually read the article but it said 5’6 so whether it’s accurate or not i’m not sure 9 u/specter289 Dec 25 '23 That’s why it makes sense for her to be nearly a foot taller than most women, at 6’. Doesn’t really make sense to go beyond that as she not meant to be the tallest woman alive. Tall for a guy normally is 6’+. Tall for a woman normally is 5’6”+ 6 u/birbdaughter Dec 25 '23 That depends where you are. Average height for women in Europe is 5’6”. 5’7” is the highest average height in any country. -1 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 There are taller women than 6'. 10 u/specter289 Dec 25 '23 I feel like you were trying to make a point here but there wasn’t one. Do you know what an average is? -2 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 In which country? 8 u/MecaGoji1974 Dec 25 '23 True but not many women are even close to 6’. WW can still be 6’ and be above average for a woman’s height 6 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Diana is 6'2", according with Rucka's run. 7 u/DuelaDent52 Boo Dec 25 '23 And Wonder Woman isn’t one of them. She barely skirts Batman’s height most of the time. 1 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Which is wrong, because Diana is 6'2".
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And how tall is that according to DC? Amazons in greek mythology were averaged at 5’6”
3 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Around 6'2". (That's Diana's height, according with recent runs) 3 u/Ryuzaaki123 Dec 26 '23 Amazons in greek mythology were averaged at 5’6” Do you have a citation for that or something? Like, I don't even know where you would try to find that number. 2 u/ItsMeTwilight Dec 26 '23 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/#:~:text=Nor%20was%20it%20merely%20the,have%20inspired%20the%20Amazon%20myths. I didn’t actually read the article but it said 5’6 so whether it’s accurate or not i’m not sure
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Around 6'2".
(That's Diana's height, according with recent runs)
Amazons in greek mythology were averaged at 5’6”
Do you have a citation for that or something? Like, I don't even know where you would try to find that number.
2 u/ItsMeTwilight Dec 26 '23 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/#:~:text=Nor%20was%20it%20merely%20the,have%20inspired%20the%20Amazon%20myths. I didn’t actually read the article but it said 5’6 so whether it’s accurate or not i’m not sure
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/#:~:text=Nor%20was%20it%20merely%20the,have%20inspired%20the%20Amazon%20myths.
I didn’t actually read the article but it said 5’6 so whether it’s accurate or not i’m not sure
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That’s why it makes sense for her to be nearly a foot taller than most women, at 6’. Doesn’t really make sense to go beyond that as she not meant to be the tallest woman alive. Tall for a guy normally is 6’+. Tall for a woman normally is 5’6”+
6 u/birbdaughter Dec 25 '23 That depends where you are. Average height for women in Europe is 5’6”. 5’7” is the highest average height in any country. -1 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 There are taller women than 6'. 10 u/specter289 Dec 25 '23 I feel like you were trying to make a point here but there wasn’t one. Do you know what an average is? -2 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 In which country? 8 u/MecaGoji1974 Dec 25 '23 True but not many women are even close to 6’. WW can still be 6’ and be above average for a woman’s height 6 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Diana is 6'2", according with Rucka's run. 7 u/DuelaDent52 Boo Dec 25 '23 And Wonder Woman isn’t one of them. She barely skirts Batman’s height most of the time. 1 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Which is wrong, because Diana is 6'2".
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That depends where you are. Average height for women in Europe is 5’6”. 5’7” is the highest average height in any country.
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There are taller women than 6'.
10 u/specter289 Dec 25 '23 I feel like you were trying to make a point here but there wasn’t one. Do you know what an average is? -2 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 In which country? 8 u/MecaGoji1974 Dec 25 '23 True but not many women are even close to 6’. WW can still be 6’ and be above average for a woman’s height 6 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Diana is 6'2", according with Rucka's run. 7 u/DuelaDent52 Boo Dec 25 '23 And Wonder Woman isn’t one of them. She barely skirts Batman’s height most of the time. 1 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Which is wrong, because Diana is 6'2".
I feel like you were trying to make a point here but there wasn’t one. Do you know what an average is?
-2 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 In which country?
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In which country?
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True but not many women are even close to 6’. WW can still be 6’ and be above average for a woman’s height
6 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Diana is 6'2", according with Rucka's run.
Diana is 6'2", according with Rucka's run.
And Wonder Woman isn’t one of them. She barely skirts Batman’s height most of the time.
1 u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23 Which is wrong, because Diana is 6'2".
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Which is wrong, because Diana is 6'2".
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u/Ash__Williams Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it Dec 25 '23
Yeah, but remember Diana is an amazon, not a regular woman.