The great digit ratio poll!

[hibiscusmile]

you guys sure do have a finger complex, I would immediately seek help, could be years before they let any of you out!

 

[fleurdejoo]

My ring finger is longer then my index finger.

Are you saying that, that's normal for females? And that most males have longer index finger then ring finger?

 

[fleurdejoo]

How did you get onto this?

 

[Bug Trader]

Its supposed to mean something about your genetic makeup and tell you what physical or mental capabilities should be wired in. I tend to believe it to a point but there are always exceptions and the human species is always evolving.

 

[Mime454]

Its supposed to mean something about your genetic makeup and tell you what physical or mental capabilities should be wired in. I tend to believe it to a point but there are always exceptions and the human species is always evolving.

The 2D:4D ratio might be slightly heritable, but it's mainly about the hormones you recieved in the womb. Identical twins can have different ratios, especially when one turns out to be gender nonconformist or homosexual and the other does not.

My ring finger is longer then my index finger.

Are you saying that, that's normal for females? And that most males have longer index finger then ring finger?

That's the male typical ratio, but it's about averages, not absolutes. It really depends on how much longer it is. A ring finger shorter than index finger would mean that you recieved a lot of female typical hormones and fewer male typical ones. The statistically average female, according to the studies that I've read, would have an index finger slightly shorter than the ring finger. Those with higher ratios(longer index finger) are likely to be recognized as more feminine by their peers.

I think that it's interesting that so far all females in this thread have male typical ratios. Our sample size is incredibly small, but if the results continue to trend this was it might say something out the "type" of females who keep bugs as pets.

 

[happy1892]

Oops, I selected the index finger longer than ring finger.

 

[lancaster1313]

If I measure them to the crease there is not much of a difference.

Left: index; 72 or 73mm, ring; 74 or 75 mm. Right: index; 72 or 73mm, ring; 75 or 76mm.

When I look at my hand, the ring fingers appear to be noticably longer than the indexes, but only sit higher.

 

[Sticky]

I messed up and cannot add my vote but my index finger is longer. What does that mean and say about me? Thanks.

 

[Mime454]

I messed up and cannot add my vote but my index finger is longer. What does that mean and say about me? Thanks.

Exposed to female-typical levels of androgens in the womb.

 

[fleurdejoo]

Here you go.