# What's your finger length ratio?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-finger-length-ratio/265354>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 21, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-finger-length-ratio/265354 "2004-09-21T17:21:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-finger-length-ratio/265354/21 "2004-10-21T17:45:29Z")

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Bisexual male

Right hand: Ring finger’s slightly but perceptibly longer than my index finger.  
Left hand: Index and middle fingers are effectively identical in length although my index finger may be 1/100th of an inch longer.

That seems to fit with the findings since I prefer women to men.

Interesting. Not that I buy into the article or its findings but interesting nonetheless.

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-finger-length-ratio/265354/22 "2004-10-21T18:33:17Z")

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Interesting…I’m female, straight.

Looking at the back of the hand, it’s hard to tell, but my ring finger looks slightly longer (or exactly even). However, when I turn my hand over and look at the palm, the index finger is clearly longer. Yet I can also move my fingers in both views to make one longer or shorter than the other without looking like the fingers are obviously slanted one way or the other.

What does _that_ mean?

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**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-finger-length-ratio/265354/23 "2004-10-21T18:51:46Z")

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Straight female checking in!

_looks at her hands_ Both of my index fingers are noticably shorter than my ring fingers…hmmm

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**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-finger-length-ratio/265354/24 "2004-10-21T18:57:18Z")

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Straight male here.

Left hand: Ring finger significantly longer than index finger.  
Right hand: Ring finger slightly longer than index finger.

No idea what this means for me.

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