Height and other surface appearances are first impressions.
Obviously in the modern world on online dating they matter.
That is why young men who lack those attributes need to break the rules—find social circles where they can meet women in person.
Life is never easy—everyone needs to step up to challenges, face disappointment, and overcome the “statistics” against them and succeed anyway.
You see it all the time—the short average looking guy with an attractive woman on his arm.
Maybe he is rich—but maybe he has just mastered the needed skills....
Untrue! Even only "average"-looking girls can, for a brief time (between 18 and, say, 25) get by on their youth and perkiness - without having to make any significant investment. If they misuse this "window of opportunity," of course, they will pay for it - later.
But then, they can become feminists, stop decrying the "male gaze" and instead lament that they have become "invisible," and school their younger sisters to despise men and "tear down the Patriarchy."
Regards,