How long is your ring finger? Are you man enough?

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 20:18

This is not a joke (oh alright we will probably point and laugh at some of you).

The length of your ring finger is an indicator of how much testosterone you received in the womb. Men with a long ring finger tend to be more competitive and successful in life. They also tend to be better at sports and if you think that is joke, one English premier league team is now selecting juniors partly based on ring finger length.

As for women, a study was recently done involving 500 women in the UK. They were asked to rate men in terms of attractiveness, desirability as sexual partner, possible marital partner and father. Uncannily, women selected men with long ring fingers for sex and pre-marital relationships and short ring fingers for marriage and parenthood. This probably explains why Mrs Horse and I don't get on as well as we did before we got married

Men with a lot of testosterone can also be identified by their "rugged" appearance. Testerone sculpts the male body giving giving those with high in-utero male hormone exposure a classic V shaped body (broad shoulders, thin waste) and square jaw. Women pick up on these visual clues of virility and are biologically attracted to such men. Consequently men with long ring fingers report much more sex before and after marriage, with a wider variety of partners.

I'm sure this will interest most of you throbbing young men. Find the full story here:

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s964127.htm

Datajack Franit · October 20, 2003, 20:24

What the hell is a ring finger?

Zopperoni · October 20, 2003, 20:25

It's the finger between your middle finger and your pinkie.

Asher · October 20, 2003, 20:25

My ring finger (next to the pinky, Datajack) is my 2nd longest, just a tiny bit shorter than my middle finger and longer than my index finger.

Zopperoni · October 20, 2003, 20:26

Mine's equally long as my index finger BTW.

Pekka · October 20, 2003, 20:28

my ring finger is just a little bit shorter than my middle finger, but considerably longer than my index finger.

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 20:29

The bad news for high testosterone guys is they tend to have a shorter life expectancy. Testosterone gives you a lot of energy for life but it also burns you out faster.

I found it interesting to finally get a possible explanation for why I've pretty much spent my whole life jumping out of my skin and bouncing off walls.

Pekka · October 20, 2003, 20:30

Yes this is a fact. Also it depends what kind of a card I pull to you.. ups sorry it's the death card.

Bosh · October 20, 2003, 20:38

Hmmmmm, what if it thick and stubby?

Asher · October 20, 2003, 20:40

Then you'd need to work out more.

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 20:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Asher
My ring finger (next to the pinky, Datajack) is my 2nd longest, just a tiny bit shorter than my middle finger and longer than my index finger.

So how do you explain the fact that you are still a chinless wonder?

Asher · October 20, 2003, 20:53

Is that slang from down-under?

If it's about sexuality, see the sexuality-genetics thread. Testosterone isn't the only thing that determines it, in fact it's probably not even a major factor.

Dis · October 20, 2003, 21:06

my index finger is set further up my hand, so it is difficult to compare lengths.

All I know is I don't have any good amount of testosterone. I can't get any women

Datajack Franit · October 20, 2003, 21:13

Stupid question

My ring finger is the second longest

Method · October 20, 2003, 21:16

ever so slightly longer than the index...

chequita guevara · October 20, 2003, 21:16

I have short stubby fingers. So much for my plans to learn guitar.

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 21:20

Its interesting how the finger factor accords with your online personalities.

Method · October 20, 2003, 21:22

meh!

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 21:23

Is it true that all Canadians are short in the ring finger department?

Method · October 20, 2003, 21:25

no, just albertans

/me runs

Spiffor · October 20, 2003, 21:29

I have small fingers in general (size of a woman's). But my ring finger is barely smaller than my middle finger. Well, I never fathomed myself as much of a macho anyway

Zylka · October 20, 2003, 21:35

My fist fits, anyway

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 21:35

figures....

Skanky Burns · October 20, 2003, 21:37

Thats my second longest finger, just below the middle finger's length. Hooray.

mindseye · October 20, 2003, 22:29

I believe guys with high testosterone levels in general lose more hair and begin losing it earlier.

And yes, it was darn hard to type this with all the glare reflecting from AH's chrome-dome ...

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 22:40

excuse me? I still have a very respectable head of hair.

Dis · October 20, 2003, 22:43

Horsey is obsessed with finger length.

why do you care how long my finger is?

Alexander's Horse · October 20, 2003, 22:46

believe me, I don't

and I don't want to know where your finger has been either!

mrmitchell · October 20, 2003, 23:20

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(I guess that's a good explanation. Magnified several bajillion times...slightly longer than my index finger, I think.)

TCO · October 20, 2003, 23:28

My ring finger is the longer one.