http://www.mombian.com/2006/09/28/finger-length-sports-ability-and-lesbians/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2006/09/28/finger-length-sports-ability-and-lesbians/comment-page-1/#comment-51497 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Giving Genetics the (Ring) Finger Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:32:28 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/09/28/finger-length-sports-ability-and-lesbians/#comment-51497 [...] Boys with ring fingers longer than their index fingers tend to do better in math, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of Bath. (Thanks, Slashdot.) This would be nothing more than an interesting tidbit that might make me check my son’s hands next time I cut his nails, except that it follows other research indicating that women with longer relative ring fingers are more likely to have high athletic ability and to be lesbians. Gay men follow this pattern as well, but somehow only when they have several older brothers. The Bath study also concluded that shorter ring fingers on girls predict better verbal skills. Higher testosterone levels in the womb appear to be the cause of longer ring fingers and their attendant traits. [...] [...] Boys with ring fingers longer than their index fingers tend to do better in math, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of Bath. (Thanks, Slashdot.) This would be nothing more than an interesting tidbit that might make me check my son’s hands next time I cut his nails, except that it follows other research indicating that women with longer relative ring fingers are more likely to have high athletic ability and to be lesbians. Gay men follow this pattern as well, but somehow only when they have several older brothers. The Bath study also concluded that shorter ring fingers on girls predict better verbal skills. Higher testosterone levels in the womb appear to be the cause of longer ring fingers and their attendant traits. [...]

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