It's sometimes funny when people don't realize that difference. I was taking a chainsaw class a couple years ago and the instructor was handing out kevlar chaps. He looked at me (I'm 5'6") and handed me the shortest size. I put them on and they were way too short. So I gave that pair to a man my height and got the longest ones they had, which fit perfectly. A tall woman might have been out of luck since all the chaps were sized for men.