You can keep a firm hand on the tiller, bite the hand that feeds you, have the upper hand or stick to the matter at hand.
But what do our hands actually say about us? Turns out, kind of a lot â but maybe not exactly what youâd expect.
Here are some scientifically proven (and disproven) theories about how our hands correlate to the rest of our bodies.
The most widespread theory out there is that big hands suggest a big penis. Itâs certainly a theory people with big hands like to bring up. Well, sorry to burst your fantasy of that ogre-pawed Whole Foods cashier you always wait extra for â the only thing thatâs sure to be huge is the line you just got in. Hand size, foot size and height have all proven to mean just about squat when it comes to determining the size of a guys package.
But it might be youâre just gazing too wide â research shows that clues to what a guy is packing may lie in the index finger. Gachon University Gil Hospital in South Korea found that the bigger the length discrepancy between the index and ring fingers, the bigger the penis is likely to be. The reason? Maybe something to do with prenatal hormone exposure, but they arenât certain.
And it turns out that that index/ring ratio predicts more than the size of your manhood. The University of Geneva in Switzerland looked at the same measurement and found a correlation to masculine facial features, which are generally perceived as more attractive. The bigger the ratio, the more masculine the face, the higher âattractivenessâ perception, the fuller the crotch. Doesnât seem fair for the hot guys to also get the big dicks â just ask Jared Leto.
Gay men and women have been found to have, on average, a smaller index/ring ratio, suggesting sexual orientation may be linked in one way or another to prenatal hormones. Though we can certainly point out more than a few examples of gay men with larger than average penises finger ratios.
âWe can be pretty sure from a large number of human and animal studies that digit ratios are affected by prenatal testosterone exposure. So this result suggests a link between the hormones a baby is exposed to in the womb and their sexual orientation in adulthood,â Psychology professor John Manning, from the University of Central Lancashire, told the BBC.
If it seems like guys with a smaller index/ring ratio seem to be getting the short end of the stick, so to speak, they do have one advantage: theyâre less likely to die of prostate cancer. Guys with a shorter ring finger have been observed to respond better to anti-tumor drugs than their bigger-ratioâd brethren.
via Medical Daily
QJ201
im gonna need a manicure for when guys check out my long index finger
wpewen
I’ll bet you won’t.
Desert Boy
Yes, because a man’s worth is based on the size of his junk.
DawnTrans
And there have been other studies that point out the difference in finger size is related to how feminine ones appearance is. More Pseudoscience at work.
BJ McFrisky
Pure, unadulterated bullshit.
wpewen
Pure media trash.
fewi1001
Just to clarify, if you want a bigger package, then you want the ring finger (digit 4) to be longer than the index finger (digit 2). Or, in the more clinical terminology of the original publication, “penile length was found to be negatively associated with digit ratio” — emphasis on NEGATIVE correlation. The bigger the index-to-ring-finger ratio, the smaller the penis when erect. The smaller the index-to-ring-finger ratio, the bigger the erect penis.
Ottoman
Fewi1001 appears to be correct which makes this another poorly written queerty article. Surprise! And suggests that gay men who tend to have more equality in their index and ring finger lengths are the ones with the bigger penises. The exact opposite of what queerty concluded.
iggy6666
Chances are if you’re concerned with penis size, you’re probably already using online hookup sites that provide all those ”important” details that you hold so dearly to your prostate.
DesperateRachel
This “reporting” is a mess. Queerty needs some writing seminars.
DjARD
@fewi1001: @Ottoman:
^^^^^^^
Seriously. This is on Wikipedia, and with more far more sources than this article – there actually seems to be a correlation between gay/bisexual/pan/non-het men and larger penis size, both of which seemed to be tied with the (narrower) digit ratio and prenatal hormones.
Of course, Queerty can never pass up the chance to glorify and fetishize heterosexuality and hyper-masculinity, now can it?
Elloreigh
Epic fail, Queerty. As others have pointed out, the findings are the exact opposite of what you reported.
That said, the ratio is a far from perfect indicator. I have a low ratio, but if you got excited about it upon observing my hands, you would be setting yourself up for disappointment later. đ
JohnnyTee
Puh-leeze. Everyone knows that the real key to determining the length and girth of a guy’s dingus is the size of his ears and how far they stick out!
(Alfred E. Neuman must be packing a monster.)
MrKev
This is just plain stupid. And if that is the only thing you’re concerned about in a man, then you’re going to end up old and alone.
Kangol
And then there’s the countries (Jamaica, Haiti, DR, Cuba, etc.) in the Caribbean, where this index finger/ring finger deal can be thrown out the window, because in general, they’re much bigger than a lot of other parts of the globe, for what ever reason.
Keebler ILF
Does it matter which hand (left or right)is being measured?
On my right hand, my ring finger is longer than my index.
On my left hand, they are about the same length.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
After extensive hands (and mouth :p) on research I can proudly announce the results of my survey!
There are only a few traits that cangenerally insure a larger than average tool:
> Italian guys
> Shorter guys like 5’5″ to 5’7″
> Guys with big ears
Other than that its a crap shoot………One of the most widespread misconceptions is having huge feet means huge tool. Huge feet only insures huge shoes :p
iggy6666
@Keebler ILF: wouldn’t just looking down at your own penis be more accurate??
Scott Amundsen
Bizarre, to say the least, but the only question they don’t seem to address (at least I didn’t see it) is “which hand?”
On my right hand my index and ring fingers are almost the exact same length but on the left the ring finger is considerably longer; in fact it is almost as long as the middle finger.
I am not giving away any secrets here but let’s just say the smell of bullshit is strong right about now LOL.
jmmartin
For all the brouhaha about this being a dumb story, not worthy of any consideration, &c. A few years ago, I think about 600 or more, a man named Leonardo da Vinci did some well-known anatomical studies that would held him paint such things as “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.” He found, for example, that the distance from the tip of the fingers of both hands when the arms are outstretched is equal to the height of the subject. I measured mine. I am lucky. Why I outstretch my arm it is almost exactly 3′ (one yard) from chin to fingertips, making it easy for me to measure, e.g. twine, rope, &c. And I am exactly six feet tall. Leonardo also found that the length from the bottom of the palm to the tip of the middle finger is the length of the penis when erect. I tried this, too. Eight inches is eight inches. So there!