# Boys and girls, look at your fingers (a poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810 "2002-06-13T07:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/21 "2002-06-13T11:33:32Z")
Yeah - this was the thing that revealed me to a psychotic trans-gender left-footed lesbian, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/22 "2002-06-13T11:54:40Z")
Ring finger a hair shorter than pointer, both hands. But no shortage of testosterone here. Every study has it’s outliers. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/23 "2002-06-13T11:55:04Z")
Left hand (male) Ringie longer than Pointie. Right hand (still male) Ringie same size as Pointie. OMG look at the dirt underneath those fingernails. Better stop picking my nose for tonight.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/24 "2002-06-13T11:58:23Z")
I seem to be quite the manly studwoman. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/25 "2002-06-13T12:34:10Z")
Both my ring fingers are noticeably shorter than my index fingers, but I made up for it by letting the nail on my ring fingers grow a bit longer. Now will someone please tell my upperlip that we have a shortage of testosterone here and to stop hogging it all for it’s resplendent fuzz? ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/26 "2002-06-13T13:37:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\*[Lesbians have longer ring fingers than index fingers, especially on their right hands](http://www.abc.net.au/science/bernie/news/s114812.htm) > \*\* So I’m a lesbian? Hmmmm, gonna have to stop macking on my mechanic now… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/27 "2002-06-13T13:43:12Z")
I haven’t had my eyes calibrated lately, but it appears that my ring fingers are ever-so-slightly longer than my indices… But I’m most assuredly of the hetero female category. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/28 "2002-06-13T13:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\*Female checking in. > > Left hand: Ring finger noticably longer than the index finger > Right hand: Ring finger slightly longer than the index finger \*\* Apparently I’m **Java’s** long-lost twin. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/29 "2002-06-13T14:49:17Z")
Nope, **bobkitty** , you’re part of a group of triplets. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/30 "2002-06-13T14:53:14Z")
Female, index finger noticably longer than ring finger on both hands. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/31 "2002-06-13T14:58:45Z")
Lesbian, ring finger noticeably longer on left hand, only slightly longer on right hand. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/32 "2002-06-13T15:01:26Z")
Male, left ring finger slightly shorter, right ring finger the same. The entire thing sounds useless on the face of it. Same with the correlations: you can find dozens of them, but they are meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/33 "2002-06-13T15:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bobkitty \* > \*\* > > Apparently I’m **Java’s** long-lost twin. Weird. \*\* Make that triplet! My hands fit the exact same description. My husband will be surprised to find out I am a lesbian. FTR, my pointer fingers curve inward (towards the middle finger) quite a bit. If I place both hands together so that only the sides of the pointer fingers are touching (with my palms parallel to the floor) my fingers only touch from the knuckle to the first joint. After that they form a pronounced “Y” – kind of like a fork in the road. If I were to straighten those fingers (which I don’t think I could without surgery) then the right hand fingers _might_ be the same length but the left hand fingers would still have the ring finger longer than the pointer finger. Finger Freaks of the world, UNITE!! ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/34 "2002-06-13T17:44:43Z")
Hmm. My ring fingers are both quite a bit longer than my index fingers. Another manly girl here, I guess. I like boys, too. Nemo, that source is full of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/35 "2002-06-13T17:50:55Z")
Female type person checking in Left hand - ring finger much longer (but not freakishly so) Right hand - ring finger slightly longer than pointer. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/36 "2002-06-13T17:55:38Z")
_Ha!_ My ring and pointer fingers are exactly the same length! Take _that,_ genetics!! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/37 "2002-06-13T17:59:56Z")
Both hands - ring and pointer fingers the same length. Little finger much shorter than either (just about level with the second joint of the ring finger) if that means anything. Last time I looked I was all male, complete with facial hair. ---
**Author:** ![starkyld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@starkyld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starkyld)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/38 "2002-06-13T19:06:08Z")
it’s referred to as 2D:4D ratio and has been looked at in homosexual males more than in females, although the findings aren’t always very robust. the proportionate lengths of the 2nd and 4th digit are believed to be affected by \fetal\ exposure to testosterone (also contentious) and may be part of an argument for a biological and prenatal basis for homosexuality. homosexual males are often academically assumed to have higher levels of testosterone on average than heterosexual males (even though this supposition clashes with the expectations of dominant society). a student in my department examined biological and behavioural correlates along a butch/femme dichotomy in lesbian relationships. she took measures of 2D:4D in her study and did find that the “butch” lesbians in her sample had more masculine 2D:4D ratios than did the “femme” lesbians, but her sample was too small to have statistical relevance on that matter. (oh, me personally? right hand: almost indistinguishable, left hand: ring finger considerably longer. i feel like a case study in developmental stability {or lack thereof} now.) ---
**Author:** ![starkyld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@starkyld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starkyld)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/39 "2002-06-13T19:13:36Z")
it helps if i remember… a) to use ubb code rather than html (sorry!) and b) to point out that i’m a queergirl (think “bisexual,” although it’s a bit more amorphous than that. and i occassionally have problems convincing my boyfriend that i like boys. heh.) ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-and-girls-look-at-your-fingers-a-poll/113810/40 "2002-06-13T19:29:00Z")
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