Ring Finger Longer Than Index? Peculiar Association Between Relative Lengths And Drinking Identified

[Nittersing]

"A new study has pointed to a strange correlation with a person’s drinking habits: the ratio of their fourth digit (sometimes called the ring finger) to the second digit. Specifically, scientists found a relationship between having a ring finger that is longer than the second digit and high alcohol consumption.

The ratio of our finger lengths is something that’s set before birth, in part influenced by the hormones we are exposed to in the womb. People exposed to more estrogen tend to have second digits longer than their ring fingers, while those exposed to more testosterone can have ring fingers longer than their second digits. There are also people whose ring finger and second digits are the same length.

This latest study looked at 258 student participants – 169 of them female – to see what their finger ratios were and how much alcohol they consumed. The results showed there was a correlation between higher alcohol consumption and longer ring fingers relative to second digits, pointing towards the potential influence of hormones as a contributor to the likelihood of imbibing as a student.

“A pattern like this suggests an involvement of sex hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen,” said Professor John Manning, of Swansea University’s Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) research team in a statement. “Digit ratio (2D:4D: the relative lengths of the 2nd [index] and 4th [ring] fingers) is thought to be an index of early testosterone (long 4th digit) and estrogen (long 2nd digit).”

https://www.iflscience.com/ring-finger-longer-than-index-peculiar-association-between-relative-lengths-and-drinking-identified-77022


Well this odd little article is true for me. Ring finger almost 1/4" longer and I can not drink without it leading to excess.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. So, to stop alcoholism, simply just cut the offending finger shorter?

[flying_wahini]

2. Mine is longer and I rarely drink.

Go figure!

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Same Here

I even drink zero alcohol beers when I'm in the mood for a beer.
But, my ring finger is clearly longer than my index finger.

[intrepidity]

3. Isn't that the same ratio that was used to

describe, um, male um, member size or something? Was that ever proven or disproven? No, don't want to google it....

[Basso8vb]

4. Correlation does not equal causation.

[dweller]

5. My middle finger

being the longest , has the final say .
🖕🏻 that , having a drink


✌🏻

[Niagara]

13. ...

[snowybirdie]

6. OK. My dilemma

Is o
Left hand, index finger is longer. Right hand, ring finger is longer. Occasional drinker?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. True for me. Drank for 22 years,

sober for 38. I wonder if there's a correlation between finger-length and dominant hand. I'm right-handed and the diff between the length of those two fingers on my right hand is noticeably greater than on those fingers on my left hand.

[True Dough]

8. Gotta make sure Aristus sees this

for his "Friday Night buzz" thread tonight!

[LuckyCharms]

9. Ring finger is longer on both hands.

I have long fingers. Ring finger on right hand is significantly longer, about a half inch. About a quarter inch on left hand.

Haven't had a drink for 12 years.

It was easy for me to stop cold turkey.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. A correlation. Too bad the article doesn't give

actual numbers, like just what percentage of those with the longer ring finger drink how much more.

I have a shorter ring finger and I very much like to drink. Sometimes more than I know I should. I've tended to blame it on being Irish and having a father who was an alcoholic.

That's really the kind of stupid thing -- was it really a study? -- that is totally uninformative and useless.

[petronius]

11. Huh, I just noticed that they're the same length on my left hand, but the ring is longer on my right

I will ponder that as I finish my first beer of the afternoon...

[Aristus]

14. My ring finger is longer. That explains a lot.

[Sogo]

15. My ring finger is longer on both hands; moreso on the left at 1/2". Right hand is only 1/4 " longer.

I've never been a drinker; never touch alcohol, beer, or wine. I just don't have a desire for it and don't enjoy the taste of most alcoholic beverages. I've never tried beer in Europe; maybe would like it, and maybe would enjoy a fine French wine, but wouldn't go out of my way even to try them....Again, just no desire....

[LudwigPastorius]

16. Ring finger is longer on my dominant hand, and shorter on my other hand.

I am an alcoholic (in recovery), for what that anecdotal evidence is worth.

[lark]

17. On one hand my ring finger is longer and on the other it's about the same??

I'm not a teetotaler, but certainly not a drinker. I have 1 drink a week when we go out, and on rare occasions I might have 2 at most. (I don't count a small splash of Baileys as a drink.) I would never drink by myself, not enjoyable. I am a pot smoker, that's what relaxes me and makes me mellow.