# Is big hands, big feet really true? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865 "2003-07-02T20:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deisel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@deisel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deisel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/1 "2003-07-02T20:51:46Z")
Does the old phrase “big hands, big feet, any questions” have any merit in reference to penis size and if not, is there any correlation between the size/length of other physical attributes (example: height, thumb length, etc) and penis size? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/2 "2003-07-02T22:59:47Z")
Well, \*\*deisel,\*\*welcome to the Teeming Millions. The SDMB has dealt with this question before, without any dependable results. You’ll get anecdotal information, but apparently no real research has been done. For example, I have xxl gloves and 13EE shoes, and I run true to type. The only research I’m aware of is by Masters and Johnson, and they were intentionally vague about penis size. They refused to even specify “from the tip to where” because they didn’t want to put undue emphasis on size. Even though inquiring minds want to know, it’s tough to get funding for research on this topic. Bill and Melinda Gates: “You want $6 million to study what?” ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/3 "2003-07-02T23:05:40Z")
It cant be true …Cause I have small hands and feet. ---
**Author:** ![Headcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Headcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/4 "2003-07-03T01:05:47Z")
No, absolutely no correlation. go check out some porn for proof! ---
**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 3, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/5 "2003-07-03T03:34:44Z")
There was a study done recently that found a correlation between penis length and index finger length (if one is long, the other is long, NOT that they’re the same length). Strangely, they found no correlation with a person’s height. ---
**Author:** ![ElectroSunDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@ElectroSunDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectroSunDog)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/6 "2003-07-03T03:39:10Z")
NO. I’m in Drawing I, and have worked with enough male models to know. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/7 "2003-07-03T03:43:11Z")
The Definitive Penis Size Survey, a self-reported online survey with a sample size of 2545, found a 0.25 partial correlation coefficient (controlling for height) between hand span and erect penis length. However, the partial correlation coefficient between shoe size and erection length was only 0.08. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/8 "2003-07-03T03:52:19Z")
I _do_ know a body part that is the same length as your feet. You won’t believe it until you try it, but the distance from the inner crook of your elbow to your wrist is the same. I can see the shoes coming off all over the world… ---
**Author:** ![tram2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@tram2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tram2)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/9 "2003-07-03T04:01:09Z")
Zoe I wanted to try this but I am not limber enough. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/10 "2003-07-03T04:22:29Z")
No, I have large hands and feet (well, _long_ hands and feet - they’re pretty narrow), and I’m pretty average in the… other department. ---
**Author:** ![renigademaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@renigademaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renigademaster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/11 "2003-07-03T04:58:27Z")
nope, its not true. I have size 14 feet, and I am hung like a fieldmouse. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/12 "2003-07-03T05:58:06Z")
I have disproportionately long fingers and toes (my hand measures 7 1/2 inches from wrist to tip of middle finger, and the average for males is slightly under 7 inches) but I’m not hung like anything other than the average male. ---
**Author:** ![fauxpas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e480ec/32.png) [@fauxpas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fauxpas)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/13 "2003-07-03T06:28:13Z")
Well if any of you ever meet me, I would loooooove to show off my monkey toes and long fingers. My pinkey: lets just say that it’s the same size of most people’s middle finger. 🙂 And I can pick up stuff with my toes! 🙂 If only I could… no it’s not right… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-big-hands-big-feet-really-true/185865/14 "2003-07-03T07:36:40Z")
Can you open door handles? I can throw and catch a racketball with the toes on one foot…