Welcome to LPSG, Acuradude.
Height, like cock size, is a superficial attribute that does affect how you are percieved by others (at first).
Ever noticed how many really tall people stoop? They're trying to bring themselves down to everyone else's level. They hate sticking out in a crowd, towering over others and being very noticeable.
I knew a guy who was 5'2. He was self-conscious about it at times, but I had to tell him that I'd only noticed it on first meeting. Once I'd got to know him (which didn't take long, he was a very interesting guy) it was completely irrelevant, and not noticed (really!). At his funeral many happy memories were related, mostly by women. Not one memory was of him being short.