Reaching for an Object

Based on my own experience, being a tall person was something to be looked down upon especially in my family since the majority of relatives were on the shorter side. This had me thinking that I was the one who wasn't able to fit in. However, through social interactions and my peer group I learned that the opposite rang true at least with my school community: Tall was something to be admired and being short was literally a handicap.  The way this was projected was through belittlement or self-deprecating humor about the larger differences and disadvantages between my height and someone else's. This picture shows someone short reaching for something from a higher surface. The image alone almost makes one think that the girl, while an adult, is a child and thus needs assistance and isn't capable of reaching the object above. Some assumptions made could be, that shorter people are considered as cute, and not as intelligent (if one was associating cute with that of being a child and a child with being naive) and not being able to do things independently. Assumptions like this are present in every day life whether acknowledged or not. There have been studies attempting to prove that tall height is synonymous with job success, or earning respect from groups of people,  because a tall person seems more abled or with a 'strong', smart demeanor (Gandalf and all the Elves were unusually taller and supposedly wiser than any other characters in Lord of the Rings!) which places the opposite perception in a slightly negative light.  I would assume that the girl in the photo would ask someone taller to get the object for her, instead of critically thinking of how she could get it herself (such as the use of a chair or a longer handle) which further perpetuates the issue of image and it's connection to actual ability and intelligence.