My fingers are long and thin. My knuckles are not big or misshapen from manly manual labor.
Moreover, my index fingers are longer than my ring fingers.
In most women, the index and ring finger are roughly equal in length or the index finger is just a bit longer. But in most men, the ring finger is longer. That's a result of fetal exposure to testosterone (or lack thereof).
In 2006, the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich performed a study comparing the index and ring fingers of 63 male-to-female transsexuals with 65 female and 58 male control subjects. The study found that the index and ring fingers of male-to-female transsexuals were more likely to match the control females than the control males.
In other words, in male-to-female transsexuals as in cisgender women, the index and ring finger are roughly equal in length or the index finger is just a bit longer.
We were born that way.
Wearing Donna Karen.
Actor Peter Barton femulating with big hair on television’s Sunset Beach in 1998.
Did not know this Stana. Just so happens that my index and ring fingers are the same length. You learn something new every day!.....Joanna
ReplyDeleteI had heard about this before, but I thought it was an urban legend until I did some research on the subject.
DeleteI hae heard about the index ring finger trait for years but was not aware of the study. Thank you. I also have similar length of both index and ring finger although my hands do tend to be 'man-sized' and require large to XL size gloves.
ReplyDeleteI neglected to mention in my post that according to the study, the right hand is the hand that counts. And it makes no difference if you are right or left-handed.
DeleteHow about -- they're the same length on my RIGHT hand, but Index is a smidge smaller on my LEFT hand? Hmmm - I always thought I was a bit out of balance. ~~giggle~~
ReplyDeleteI neglected to mention in my post that according to the study, the right hand is the hand that counts. And it makes no difference if you are right or left-handed.
DeleteHmm, on my left hand my index finger is a tiny bit longer, but on my right hand my ring finger is longer! Total gender confusion!
ReplyDeleteI neglected to mention in my post that according to the study, the right hand is the hand that counts. And it makes no difference if you are right or left-handed.
DeleteThings that make you go "hmmm"
ReplyDeleteA BIG hmmm!
Delete"That's a result of fetal exposure to testosterone (or lack thereof)."
ReplyDeleteMine are the same length on both hands. The fetal exposure comment has me wondering if fetal DES exposure would come into play.
Good question, Jennifer. Potentially, I was a DES baby since my mother had a miscarriage before my birth, but I don't know for sure if my mother took the drug. And I cannot ask her since she is no longer living.
DeleteI am in the same boat. My mother passed away 9 years ago. And her doctor passed away before she did. So There's no way to ask her or her doctor. But I do know that she had several miscarriages before I came along. So she was a strong candidate for DES. I'll probably never know for sure.
DeleteMy mother's doctor is long gone, too.
DeleteI am most likely a DES baby. My mother had three miscarriages before my birth and I know that she was on bed rest with doses of estrogen for much of her pregnancy with me.
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a way to confirm our suspicions.
DeleteSomehow, I feel sad that my index is shorter than the ring finger...
ReplyDeleteSorry, Claude.
DeleteWhile visiting my mother yesterday, we held up our right hands and I compared them. Both of us have the exactly the same situation: ring fingers just a hair (and not much more than that) longer than our index fingers. Not sure what it means, but at least we are the same!
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