aussiekirkland Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 So I know there's been studies done about the length of your index and ring finger corresponding to your sexuality with gay men typically having longer index fingers, straight men with longer ring fingers, straight women with even finger lengths and lesbians with longer ring fingers. I was wondering how this data fits the aromantic community so post your data in the comments This is all in good fun so I'll kick this off: I'm an aromantic asexual woman and my ring finger is longer than my index finger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugh... Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 my index is A LOT longer than my ring finger... And I'm a female bodied aromantic asexual with a platonic preference for guys. Dammit, even my fingers are abnormal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 5 hours ago, aussiekirkland said: So I know there's been studies done about the length of your index and ring finger corresponding to your sexuality with gay men typically having longer index fingers, straight men with longer ring fingers, straight women with even finger lengths and lesbians with longer ring fingers. I was wondering how this data fits the aromantic community so post your data in the comments Interesting. No men with equal index and ring fingers or women with longer index than ring fingers? Looks like a study of monosexuals only. As well as it being very unclear if this is ment to apply to sexual or romantic orientation. I'm male bodied, aromantic, pansexual (my sensual, aesthetic and platonic attractions also "pan") with ring fingers longer than index fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zema Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I'm AMAB aro ace with ring fingers longer than index fingers. I'd also like to point out that correlation ≠ causation. I seriously don't believe for a second that your orientation (be it sexual or romantic) has any effect on the lengths of your index and ring fingers. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I'm aro ace and afab and my index fingers are longer than my ring fingers. I don't believe the length of my fingers could have anything to do with my orientation... How do people even come up with the idea to make a study about that? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgypotato Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Hahaha I can't believe a team of reseachers actually bothered to do a study about this! It must have been an extra thing they just noticed with some random other study... Right?? Anyway I'm AFAB with a longer ring finger. Guess I'm actually gay! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Dodgypotato said: Hahaha I can't believe a team of reseachers actually bothered to do a study about this! It must have been an extra thing they just noticed with some random other study... Considering some of the things I've heard about being studied I can believe that this is real "research". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal Shi'ar Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I'm male, and my ring finger is longer than my index. Also, my fingers seem a tiny but longer on my right hand than on my left, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodecahedron314 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I heard the finger length thing was related to how much estrogen/testosterone you were exposed to before birth--longer ring finger = more testosterone, longer index finger = more estrogen. I'd link to where I found that if it hadn't been hundreds of pages ago in an AVEN thread. Agender AFAB aroace with longer ring fingers than index fingers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarSeas Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Heterosexual cis woman with longer ring fingers than index. Either I'm am outlier, or it's nonsense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 5 hours ago, Dodecahedron314 said: I heard the finger length thing was related to how much estrogen/testosterone you were exposed to before birth--longer ring finger = more testosterone, longer index finger = more estrogen. With there also being theories that these hormone exposures somehow determine sexual orientation. So it's a sort of C causes A and B, thus there is a correlation between A & B. In the process ignoring that "gender" is not a binary of "man" or "woman" nor is it the same thing as "sex". Sexual orientation is not binary either. With polysexual and asexual people typically being ignored. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodecahedron314 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 10 hours ago, Mark said: With there also being theories at these hormone exposures somehow determine sexual orientation. So it's a sort of C causes A and B, thus there is a correlation between A & B. In the process ignoring that "gender" is not a binary of "man" or "woman" nor is it the same thing as "sex". Sexual orientation is not binary either. With polysexual and asexual people typically being ignored. Yeah, i originally heard this in the context of AFABs with loinger ring fingers and AMABs with longer index fingers being more likely to be trans rather than gay. (Sorry for the typos, my tablet is messing up so i can't fix it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Longer ring finger than index (not by much), aro cis lesbian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezzo Forte Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 My digit ratio is ~1.02, so my index is very slightly bigger than my ring finger. I'm aromantic, asexual, and FtM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karnzter Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Small hands with index fingers being bigger than the rings. Complex hetero gray-romantic gray-ace (though predominantly repulsed to both romance and sex) and female. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 My index finger is 3 mm longer than my ring finger. Cis-male, hetero (full disclosure: it took some time to turn around). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceHurricane Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 My index finger is a teeny bit longer than my ring finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Spades Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm a woman, my ring and index finger are equal in length, and I'm demi-heterosexual xD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbitter Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 On 22.09.2016 at 7:25 AM, aussiekirkland said: (...) gay men typically having longer index fingers, straight men with longer ring fingers, straight women with even finger lengths and lesbians with longer ring fingers. Then asexuals don't have fingers ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NullVector Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 On 9/22/2016 at 6:25 AM, aussiekirkland said: with gay men typically having longer index fingers, straight men with longer ring fingers I'm a heterosexual guy. And my ring fingers are quite noticably longer that my index fingers on both hands (probably by around 1cm) Theory proven, case closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zema Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I've already answered in this thread. But I felt that I should point out that both my parents' ring fingers are longer than their index fingers. I have no evidence suggesting that they are anything but heterosexual and heteromantic. So I'm gonna take a stab and say that my ring finger is longer because of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulWolf Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Not many people's ring and index fingers seem to be the exact same length here... mine are... am I weird? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Girl Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I am very skeptical that this is actually true... for one, because I have heard of the "If your ring finger is longer than your index finger, then you are A; if your index is longer than your ring, then B" in another context before that wasn't to do with orientation. I would like to see a reference to the study, know their sample size, method, and how statistically significant their result was. As for my finger lengths, I can change how I hold my hand (still holding it flat) and change which one looks longer... so method is important. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroomie Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I'm AFAB, aroace, and my ring finger is approximately a centimeter longer than my index finger Also, my mom's are even and my dad has a longer ring finger. (Both straight, as far as I know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcastic kitten Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 2 hours ago, SoulWolf said: Not many people's ring and index fingers seem to be the exact same length here... mine are... am I weird? Nope ! I'm on the same boat as you \o/. But only for the right hand... My left hand has a longer ring finger against the index one ( the weirder, the better !)... . Oh and I'm female, aromantic and bisexual ! 8 hours ago, NullVector said: Theory proven, case closed So theory absolutely not proven and case reopened ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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