The Ring Finger – Index Finger “Gay” Test / Safety Dance!

by Joey deVilla on August 1, 2008

Does anyone remember this myth? I remember first hearing it in high school…

$\"If your ring finger is bigger than your index finger, you\'re a real MACHO MAN. But if your ring finger is equal to your index finger...you can be...GAY!!!\"$
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

(Wait…wasn’t Macho Man a big Village People single and a gay club culture anthem?)

I’ll bet that you looked at your hands right now, didn’t you? I’ll bet everybody looked at their hands. And when that happens, you know what it’s time for: Safety Dance!

{ 18 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Kim Scarborough August 1, 2008 at 7:37 pm: Well, it’s not a *complete* myth, anyway… there is evidence that there’s a correlation between the ring finger to index finger length ration and testerone level. That’s why, typically, women’s index fingers are longer than their ring fingers, and vice-versa for men. Where this breaks down, though, is that there doesn’t seem to be any correlation between homosexuality and testosterone.
2 Jul August 4, 2008 at 4:09 pm: Well, it’s accurate. I’m totally into chicks.
3 Daryl August 6, 2008 at 9:25 am: Looks like I’m a macho man… ladies?
4 Hairy Beast September 22, 2008 at 2:57 am: On my left hand the difference is only slight, like in the macho man picture above but on my right hand there is a very big difference between ring finger and index. Looks like you kids with hands like the ring finger like the macho man above are just tom boy kids. I’m the daddy! Muhaha.

Now off to get my manicure…
5 Hairy Beast September 22, 2008 at 3:01 am: P.S. That “life is a TV show” quote on your left column is deep, deep on many levels. If my ring finger wasn’t so large and my willy so small I might have been gay, and if was gay your ass would look fine in that comment.
6 Joe January 13, 2009 at 2:42 am: My ring finger is longer than my index finger but my dick is short and fat. What does that mean?
7 Michael January 16, 2009 at 9:58 pm: Actually, scientific studies contradict this (kind of). Having a longer ring finger does mean you have more prenatal testosterone exposure, but this means you are actually more likely to be gay.
8 Silvio January 25, 2009 at 4:49 pm: this is not completly true.. I’m gay and my index finger is shorter (1/2 inch) than my ring finger (I’m 6′2″)
9 johnny January 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm: well found out that im gay….again
10 nick June 19, 2009 at 9:04 am: hmmm, my indexfinger and ringfiger is very close to to being equal, with the ringfinger being marginally bigger….and i enjoy the company of both men and women!
11 Jess July 12, 2009 at 6:38 am: I’m a guy by birth and have a much shorter ring finger. I’m having TG issues. Maybe some truth to this. How rare is it for guys to have shorter ring fingers? Interesting. I’m Bi too.
12 karen July 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm: I work with a flamer and you can bet I’m gonna check his hands . I just checked my hubby’s thank god he’s a macho!!
13 Duy July 25, 2009 at 4:35 pm: This is wrong, I’m gay, not a macho man and my ring finger is higher than my index. X_X
14 johnny boy July 27, 2009 at 11:45 pm: this i s fucking bullshit my index finger is bigger than my ring finger and im not gay. i like girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Someone with a brain August 14, 2009 at 10:25 pm: This is stupid. The only correlation is a testosterone level, nothing more.
16 Mr_S August 15, 2009 at 1:05 am: Strange video… Why is that jester rocking out on a mini mandolin?
17 Smart Person August 21, 2009 at 12:20 am: I think johnny boy is gay.
18 Homo Paul September 20, 2009 at 7:09 pm: Well. I’m gay! Correct;-)