Finger length gay theory

The length of your finger could provide clues to your sexuality, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

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Life Can your finger length predict if you’re gay or straight? A study found a correlation between sexual orientation and finger length but it's not a good reason to stare at your fingers.

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The length of your finger could provide clues to your sexuality, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Women whose left index and ring fingers are different lengths are more likely to be lesbians, a study suggests. Scientists measured the fingers of 18 pairs of female identical twins, where one was straight and the other gay. On average, the lesbians, but not the straight twins, had different sized index and ring fingers, typically a male trait, but only on the left hand.

Life Can your finger length predict if you’re gay or straight? A study found a correlation between sexual orientation and finger length but it's not a good reason to stare at your fingers.

The relationship between finger length and sexuality was only evident, however, in females, according to the report by researchers from the University of Essex, who examined 32 sets of identical twins with different sexual orientations. Typically in women, the index and ring fingers are similar in length, while in men there is a greater difference between the two fingers. While the nonstraight female twins had a lower index-finger-to-ring-finger ratios, the study did not find a significant difference in the male twins' finger-length ratios.