I have a daughter who has an index finger longer than her ring finger on one hand and on her other hand?

My first thought was to ask how in depth the sites you have been reading went. Did they describe the scope of their subjects (how many people were studied and the diversity of backgrounds) and percentages of subjects that suggested the conclusions the researchers published?

I read an article in Psychology Today that also discussed traits associated with the lengths of the ring and index fingers. According to the article, exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb causes the ring finger to be longer than the index finger. Having a ring finger that is longer than the index finger is supposed to indicate a greater ability in math/logic/navigating versus reading. There was so much more within the article, but its basic argument was that there is no gender gap. Instead, there is a divide between high and low testosterone brains/bodies. There were several doctors and researchers referenced within the article and it was published in Psychology Today which is a respected magazine. Does that make it reliable? I asked myself the same questions I opened my answer with. There were no details in the article.

Also, I was with a friend the other day talking about this. We both have ring fingers that are longer than our index fingers. She said she was always better with reading. Is one person enough to discredit the studies? I don't know, but she does illustrate that there are exceptions. I was never bad at reading but was really good at math. I finished Algebra 2 as a sophomore in high school with juniors and seniors and maybe one other sophomore. My friend is not a lesbian and she's not a pushover but she's not aggressive. I'm not really girly at all (except when it comes to my hair) and have been a 'tom-boy' since I can remember. I played sports until a couple years into high school (when I broke my ankle and was medically advised to not play sports for at least five years) but I'm generally very passive.

The information you read may be accurate as far as medical studies and research designs and publications go, but I don't know how all that works. I'd think of the 'rules' as guidelines or something because it's not concrete in my opinion. It's not like how we know that if you touch yourself with a lit cigarette it will burn. There are exceptions to the rules, though it saddens me to say it. I thought that with science it would be as simple as this causes that. Maybe it's my own ignorance or 'they' actually skew information. I just don't know.

I don't actually know what made your daughter's biology produce hands that are not symmetrical, but maybe it's her body's way of showing that the levels of testosterone that she was exposed to in the womb was right in the middle? Or maybe her body hasn't decided to lean one way or the other in the 'predetermined' pattern of behavior.

I still think that separating traits in such a black and white matter is so easy as the researchers may want us to think.

Well, anyways, good luck with it all!

both of my index fingers are shorter than my ring fingers and I'm not a lesbian. I wouldn't see how finger size has anything to do with sexuality. I've been happily married for 7 1/2 years. I was better at sports when i was younger, but that may have been due to the fact that I have 8 brothers and mostly male cousins. I'm a very feminine person though. So I would think that the information that you found on the internet is false. You can not always rely on the internet to be true all the time. Now I have heard that the size of your index finger and your ring finger are an indication of how well you will do in math and arts, but who knows if that is true. I hope that this helped. Good luck!

I think it is pure specualtion and that there is no real scientific studies to back this up.

If an independant study showed that something like 88% out of 1000 lesbian women showed that result then I would tend to think there is some value. How ever I would much rather believe that the shape, size and length, of a persons fingers is merely genetic.

This reminds me of the shoe size for men. Well I wear a size 12 and the shoe size rule does NOT work... LOL

My ring finger is longer than my index finger and i am female. I am neither lesbian or athletic. Infact, i consider myself very feminine. I like pink!

So my conclusion is either the information is not accurate or i am not normal. Hopefully its not the latter reason.

do you bleve very thing you read on line