# Testosterone levels and finger length **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 10, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366 "2007-03-10T10:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/21 "2007-03-12T00:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=Kevbo] There was a segment on one of the PBS science shows about this. Researcher looked at photo copies of the hands of 6 sprinters who he had never seen, nor had they ever run against each other. He then picked the outcome. He called the first and last two correctly, and transposed the middle pair. Seems there might well be something to this. [/QUOTE] I saw that show, it was very enlightening. I tried to find it on the NPR site, but no luck. If I remember correctly it had to do w/ the effects of testosterone in the womb, rather than levels at the time of the experiment. ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/22 "2007-03-12T00:59:33Z")
Err… my index finger is about 1/4" longer than my ring finger on both hands. What the hell does that supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/23 "2007-03-12T01:20:27Z")
You know what they say about guys with big fingers… They wear big gloves. :: d+r :: ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/24 "2007-03-12T01:23:26Z")
[QUOTE=groman] Err… my index finger is about 1/4" longer than my ring finger on both hands. What the hell does that supposed to mean? [/QUOTE] Become a decorator? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/25 "2007-03-12T02:14:20Z")
[QUOTE=groman] Err… my index finger is about 1/4" longer than my ring finger on both hands. What the hell does that supposed to mean? [/QUOTE] It’s easy to measure this incorrectly. I wouldn’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/26 "2007-03-12T09:05:40Z")
Interesting, my index fingers are quite shorter than my ring fingers. I’m not lesbian (just a bit bi), I was always terrible at sports, and I’m physically on the very femme side. It’s true that I’ve always been a tomboy but that was probably influenced more by having 6 brothers. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366/27 "2007-03-12T10:02:34Z")
[QUOTE=groman] Err… my index finger is about 1/4" longer than my ring finger on both hands. What the hell does that supposed to mean? [/QUOTE] Is it too late to take up the piano? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testosterone-levels-and-finger-length/395366.md?page=1)