# How short is your index finger Ladies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338 "2000-03-30T21:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bedboy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@bedboy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedboy4)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/1 "2000-03-30T21:55:00Z")
if its shorter then your ring finger you’re probably a lesbian ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/2 "2000-03-30T22:00:00Z")
Umm, I think you better refer people to the “giving homosexuality the finger” thread over in GD. Or they’ll think you’re a troll. . . . Unless you ARE a troll? ---
**Author:** ![bedboy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@bedboy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedboy4)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/3 "2000-03-30T22:02:00Z")
I just read this article in the paper about index fingers and lesbians …not making it up…its in the Toronto Sun ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/4 "2000-03-30T22:06:00Z")
You can find it on [abcnews.com](http://abcnews.com) also(sorry no time to link) ---
**Author:** ![Foamfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@Foamfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foamfoot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/5 "2000-03-30T22:10:00Z")
Saw the same article. According to the story, hetero men have shorter index fingers than ring fingers. Hetero women have index and ring fingers of the same length. Lesbian women fingers mimic hetero men finger lengths and gay men fingers are exaggerations of hetero men. Supposedly, this indicates (along with other biological stats) a biological basis for sexual orientation. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/6 "2000-03-30T22:12:00Z")
Aw, for Pete’s sake, doesn’t ANYone look at Great Debates? [http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001626.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001626.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/7 "2000-03-30T22:33:00Z")
What did I tell you, about Urban Folklore in the making? And we were there… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/8 "2000-03-31T03:31:00Z")
Okay, on my right hand, my ring finger is shorter than my index finger. But, on my left hand, my ring finger is longer than my index finger. So what does that make me, bisexual? ## I think the study is a crock. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/9 "2000-03-31T03:48:00Z")
Both of my ring fingers are significantly shorter than my index fingers. Boy, will my fiancé be surprised. * * * [Cessandra](http://envy.nu/cessandra/profile/) I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/10 "2000-03-31T03:56:00Z")
## which finger is your index finger?? whatever ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-short-is-your-index-finger-ladies/15338/11 "2000-03-31T06:39:00Z")
My index finger is just long enough to reach the important part, but it doesn’t matter because I use my middle finger for that anyway. 😉 * * * “Mrs. Krabappel, are you trying to seduce me?”