The Netherlands, a country half the size of Chongqing, is famous all over the world for its unique national character. Milk, tulips, windmills, football, villains... In addition to these features, we first decipher why the Netherlands is a "giant country". The Netherlands has 17.52 million nationals, the highest average height in the world. Among them, the height of men is as high as 182 cm, and the height of women is also as high as 171 cm. There are several reasons for the superiority of the Dutchman, the most famous of which should be the credit for his dairy products.
Europeans generally eat beef, the Netherlands as a cheese country, in addition to the intake of a large number of meat products, there are plenty of milk, cheese and other dairy products to supplement protein. Due to its small size, the Netherlands has been reclaiming land. These newly created lands are salty and not suitable for growing crops, but they are very suitable for development as pastures and cattle and sheep. China has always been a big agricultural country, and there has been no shortage of vegetables and fruits since ancient times, but the intake of meat is relatively small. Therefore, ancient China advocated the consumption of soy products and the intake of plant protein instead of animal protein. Here I have to say that tofu is really a great invention.
Looking at the history, it is not difficult to find that the height of the Dutch is not always outstanding. 200 years ago, the average height of the Dutch was the lowest in Europe. The Dutch have grown in height by leaps and bounds for nearly a century and a half. In this century and a half, the Netherlands completed the transition from a monarchy to a parliamentary constitutional monarchy and implemented a multi-party democratic system. The new policy allowed wealth to flow into the homes of ordinary people rather than being monopolized by the royal nobility. Ordinary Dutch people live more equal and affluent lives, so the next generation is getting healthier and stronger.
However, these alone did not allow the Dutch to defeat many European and American countries and become the best in the world. So, there's another reason that's rarely mentioned, but decisive, and that's the female selection. The average height of men in Northern Europe, Germany and the United States is also very impressive, but they have all lost to the Netherlands in the height race in the past few decades. This is because women in the above countries sometimes choose men who are similar in height or even slightly shorter than themselves, but are talented and humorous. Dutch women are not. In their own words, "Dutch women hate short men".
While they may not be too obvious in real life, they will speak the truth online. The following European woman, sharing her experience with Dutch men, said: Dutch men must give priority to mentioning their height when introducing themselves. Dating apps don't force men to confess their height, but it's an unspoken rule in the Netherlands. Dutch men are honest about their height, they can not write about their occupation and interests, but it is impossible not to indicate their height.
Another Dutch woman put it bluntly: Dutch women hate short men and never even date men their own height. If you are short, definitely do not settle in the Netherlands. The Dutch had the same attitude towards short men as the Nazis did toward the Jews.
This behavior of Dutch women also coincides with research by European scientists a few years ago. An evolutionary psychologist and statistician named Gert Stulp has studied more than 42,000 Dutchmen, the data show that tall men have more offspring, the conclusion is that tall men are more selected by women, tall is a genetically predisposed gene, Dutch men are proud of their height, and emphasize height when courting, when tall men's tall genes are left to the next generation, the Dutch naturally get taller and taller. In contrast to this is the American man who was once taller than the Dutch man. Gert Stulp compared wisconsin with the Netherlands as a sample and found that decades ago, Wisconsin women in the United States did not have such a preference for men's height, so medium-sized men left a large number of medium-sized offspring - American men's body shape has shrunk.
Both the social environment and the natural environment affect human evolution. The Dutch love sports and there are cyclists on the streets. Like many European and American countries, their primary and secondary schools have a lighter learning burden, and adolescents can get enough sleep (while our students stay up late to write homework). Another special factor is that the Dutch, in addition to liking tall men, are equally passionate about strong women.
Official photo: Princess Amelia, Crown Prince of the Netherlands
Dutch Crown Princess Amelia came of age in December 2021, and after the royal family released official photos, some foreign media ridiculed the princess for being fat, and Dutch netizens have started to operate the keyboard network to attack. Although Dutch men do not require women to be tall when choosing a mate, the female offspring of tall men must not be weak, and naturally, Dutch women are becoming stronger and stronger. The wide pelvic bones make it easier for them to give birth, and the stored fat and muscle also help them withstand natural disasters and accidents.
Official photo 2
In many parts of the world, men prefer thin women, such as Japan, where polls show that Japanese men like 150 girls. In Japan and China, tall actresses lie about their height and report their height lower. Women are ashamed of their tallness, do not participate in sports during development, and waste their energy on dieting plasticity. Females themselves have a thicker layer of fat and spend more time eating than males. In the face of natural and man-made disasters, the physiological structure of women makes it easier for them to survive, but in the subway flood in Zhengzhou last year, 11 of the 14 people who died were women, all of whom were young adults aged 20-35.
Amelia practicing horsemanship
The height of the princess is already close to her father, and in the group photo, it can be seen that the two are only the distance between the princess and a pair of high heels. The King of the Netherlands has 191 cm. However, being too high will burden the heart and will have some healthy side effects. New research suggests that dutchmen's height is stabilizing.
In the photo above, the silver-haired grandmother on the far right is the former queen of the Netherlands, from her to Princess Amelia, but in three generations, Dutch women have successfully evolved from "petite" to "tall". Unlike the Queen of England, the elderly queen voluntarily abdicated in 2013, ceding the throne to her son. Now, the family has put Princess Amelia in the center, paving the way for her future ascension to the throne. This is the culture of the Netherlands, which loves the next generation and gives priority to the young to ensure that the population is always full of vitality and vitality. The Netherlands is based on many great powers and in the forest of the world, thanks to this atmosphere.