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[flamesof_ice]

I was looking down at my fingers today, and I remembered an article I had read a long time ago in "Psychology Today" about index to ring finger ratio affecting the way your brain develops.  The link is here:  http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20050614-000004.html

The article talks about how bio-females generally have ring and index fingers

Comments

[4evermore]

come on, it's just another line of BS. I mean, honestly! who gives a fig how long my fingers are???

[anotherflavor]

I have to agree with you. It seems kind of silly, and anyway, there are always exceptions even if it were true.

For the record, one of my ring fingers is slightly shorter while the other is slightly longer, so that doesn't help.

[flamesof_ice]

I know it's not perfect or anything, and it's not a theory I'll really believe in until they get way more evidence behind it, but I was just wondering whether it would even actually apply to this. Thanks anyway.

[scififan151852]

one of my ring fingers is slightly shorter while the other is slightly longer

I hear ya.

[icarus_after]

all that crazy science.... faddish, really.

[flamesof_ice]

Oh, I've always been a science nerd. This fall, I'm going to UVa to major in Biomedical Engineering, and either get a minor or hopefully a second major in Psychology. The article was kind of a mix of the two topics I really am interested in. I don't mean to force my interests on anyone else, you know? I was just wondering how it worked out for everyone else.

[icarus_after]

i was being flip re: the above commenter.

i realize that this might need some more data, but responding to it as though it's a meme and saying "who gives a fig" seems to me a display of willful ignorance.

enjoy uva. c'ville is nice.

[flamesof_ice]

Oh I'm sorry, I thought you were being serious. Sorry to get all defensive on you *sheepish*. And thanks, I can't wait to get there :)

[icarus_after]

i'm inclined to say that those of use who believe gender exists and who know that testosterone has a profound effecy on the brain might say that it's not "essentializing," and that gender is not a social/ cultural trait.

[icarus_after]

men and women are different in ways that are not about culture and socialization. that there are gender differences based on exposure to testosterone is not about culture or society.

[icarus_after]

how i process emotion and communication is not sex; it is gender. and it isn't cultural.

and, yes, i'd say that there are ways to define "masculine" without cultural context. i think it's about a lot more than, say, a fondness for pants.

[daddysambiguity]

As a sociology undergrad, I agree with you, by the way. :)

[flamesof_ice]

*shrug* I just thought it was kind of interesting. Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but if it doesn't, then it doesn't matter. I just wanted to see what other people thought.