So often, people equate petite with "cute" or "cutesy." For years, us women under-5'3" had to endure strangers lifting us up at bars or doing the hilariousthing where they use our heads as an armrest.

How do you feel when someone calls you “cute”? Games of Thrones star Maisie Williams recently told the U.K.’s The Telegraph that she’s fed up with it. “I felt like I was boxed in by this one word,” ...