# fingers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 1999, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349 "1999-06-17T02:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 1999, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/21 "1999-06-17T23:49:00Z")

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I am female and both my ring fingers are _significantly_ longer than my index fingers. It has nothing to do with the way my fingers line up either, they’re WAY longer.

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“Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true” -Albert Einstein

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**Post date:** [June 17, 1999, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/22 "1999-06-17T23:57:00Z")

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Female. Longer ring finger. I’ve been told this is why my handwriting is so messy, but can’t for the life of me figure out why it would make any difference.

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**Post date:** [June 18, 1999, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/23 "1999-06-18T00:14:00Z")

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Female, ring and index fingers on both hands equal length to almost the milimeter.

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Suze – what AM I doing? – anne

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**Post date:** [June 18, 1999, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/24 "1999-06-18T00:26:00Z")

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male - ring & index fingers the same length on both hands.

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**Post date:** [June 18, 1999, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/25 "1999-06-18T03:03:00Z")

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male: both ring fingers slighty longer.

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I can’t believe that I actually got out a ruler for this.

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“I had a feeling that in Hell there would be mushrooms.” -The Secret of Monkey Island

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**Post date:** [June 18, 1999, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/26 "1999-06-18T04:18:00Z")

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Strictly eyeballing it, not measuring it, my index fingers are both longer than my ring fingers, and on my husband his ring fingers are longer than his index fingers. On Eldest Son, age 14, the index fingers are longer than the ring fingers. Same for Middle Son, age 10 1/2. On Youngest Son, however, the ring fingers are longer.

-Melin

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I’m a woman phenomenally  
Phenomenal woman  
That’s me  
(Maya Angelou)

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**Post date:** [June 18, 1999, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/27 "1999-06-18T04:19:00Z")

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Youngest Son, BTW, is 9.

-Melin

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I’m a woman phenomenally  
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That’s me  
(Maya Angelou)

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**Post date:** [June 19, 1999, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/28 "1999-06-19T21:13:00Z")

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Female.  
Ring fingers longer, both hands.  
No ruler handy, but holding my hands together determines that ring fingers and index fingers are same length on both hands (as are index fingers, pinkies and thumbs).  
Am I unique in that respect?

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“We’re gonna have lawyers here. It’ll be a fun time.”  
–R.R.S.

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**Post date:** [June 19, 1999, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingers/1349/29 "1999-06-19T21:29:00Z")

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Male - index, middle and ring fingers all same length on both sides.

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> I’ve read that it has to do with virility, in other words, the amount of sex hormone in the body. Testosterone causes the ring finger to be significantly longer than the index finer while estrogen causes them to be the same length.

Uh oh. ☹

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