# Finger Length May Correlate with Penis Length: Study **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142 "2011-07-07T05:08:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/1 "2011-07-07T05:08:07Z")
Story [here](http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20110704-287489.html). A new Hong Kong study indicates having an index finger that is shorter than the ring finger may indicate greater penis length. I wonder how many people will now go to **Arnold’s** Photo Gallery to check out hands. All I’ll say is I plan to send in some new pics soon with my hands clearly visible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/2 "2011-07-07T05:11:09Z")
Seeing as it’s also [correlated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_ratio) with higher testosterone exposure _in utero_, this doesn’t surprise me at all. Though, it would also imply that gay men have smaller penises. Surely that is not the case, right? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/3 "2011-07-07T05:12:57Z")
My index finger is _waaaaay_ shorter than my ring finger! Excellent news! Clearly, I have vastly underestimated myself. My wife has, too - just wait until she hears. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/4 "2011-07-07T05:28:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Story [here](http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20110704-287489.html). > > A new Hong Kong study indicates having an index finger that is shorter than the ring finger may indicate greater penis length. > > I wonder how many people will now go to **Arnold’s** Photo Gallery to check out hands. All I’ll say is I plan to send in some new pics soon with my hands clearly visible. 😃 I always thought everyone had shorter index fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/5 "2011-07-07T06:32:10Z")
I barely even have an index finger. More of a nub really. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/6 "2011-07-07T07:58:16Z")
My right penis is shorter than my left penis, apparently. Maybe that’s because I’m a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/7 "2011-07-07T09:55:08Z")
So is mine, but I’m not a girl. For what it’s worth I have big feet, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/8 "2011-07-07T11:36:13Z")
Well, I’m not one for bragging, but I’ve always been known as [_ **Pterodactyl–hand man** _](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Pterosaur_wing_BW2.jpg). (Caution PDF): [http://jeb.biologists.org/content/210/10/1663.full.pdf](http://jeb.biologists.org/content/210/10/1663.full.pdf) > [@](#): > > The chief skeletal adaptation for flight in the pterosaurs was the greatly elongated fourth finger of each hand which, together with the proximal arm bones, constituted a spar that supported a sail-like wing membrane or cheiropatagium… ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/9 "2011-07-07T11:37:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Story [here](http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20110704-287489.html). > > A new Hong Kong study indicates having an index finger that is shorter than the ring finger may indicate greater penis length. > > I wonder how many people will now go to **Arnold’s** Photo Gallery to check out hands. All I’ll say is I plan to send in some new pics soon with my hands clearly visible. 😃 doesn’t apply to me, evidently. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/10 "2011-07-07T12:56:09Z")
My index finger is shorter than my ring finger, and I can categorically state that the study lies :D. OTOH, I _am_ tall and have a deep voice… … for a woman ;). ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/11 "2011-07-07T14:01:37Z")
[Lili Von Schtupp]It’s twue! It’s twue![/Lili Von Schtupp] ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/12 "2011-07-07T14:04:18Z")
My fingers fit that pattern, but I have very small feet for my height. What does it mean?!!?! I figured it was normal, but now that I take a closer look, my index finger is a good 1/2"-3/4" shorter than my ring finger. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/13 "2011-07-07T15:17:05Z")
I apparently have two different penises. On my right hand the index finger is shorter than the ring figure, but on the left hand they’re equal. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/14 "2011-07-07T20:56:40Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I apparently have two different penises. On my right hand the index finger is shorter than the ring figure, but on the left hand they’re equal. Well, like they say, \*a cock in the hand is worth two in the bush \*(…or tush, if that’s your preference). ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/15 "2011-07-07T21:08:57Z")
Be honest about it… How many of you who read the op did NOT look at their palm and fingers right after reading it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/16 "2011-07-07T23:51:49Z")
And you know all of us females with long penises are lesbians, right? I’m surprised no one has linked to [this study](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/695142.stm) yet, which says that women whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers are homosexual. So I’m gay on my right side, but my left side is probably just bi. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/17 "2011-07-08T00:39:22Z")
Puts a whole new spin on the “pull my finger” joke, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/18 "2011-07-08T00:59:14Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > My fingers fit that pattern, but I have very small feet for my height. What does it mean?!!?! Small shoes? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/19 "2011-07-08T01:03:15Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Clearly, I have vastly underestimated myself. My wife has, too - just wait until she hears. Christ, a guy wins the thread on post number three! ---
**Author:** ![optimisticcynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@optimisticcynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/optimisticcynic)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142/20 "2011-07-08T01:36:01Z")
Short index, short feet, but wide feet (as in Flintstone-type, Yabba-dabba dooooooooo ). I’m a grower and wifey is happy that way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finger-length-may-correlate-with-penis-length-study/588142.md?page=2)