When it comes to sexual attraction, it turns out that men might better be concerned with the length of their fourth (or ring) fingers than the length of anything else. Researchers have discovered that women tend to be more attracted to men whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers. We've known for a while that the length ratio between the second and fourth fingers of a man may indicate how much testosterone he was exposed to in the womb, with longer ring fingers indicating more testosterone exposure. And many researchers have taken this finding to new levels, including a study from last December that revealed that the risk of prostate cancer drops by a third in men with longer index fingers. In the present study, "the aim was to understand what make a man attractive," and whether these characteristics "were in part conditioned by the foetal environment," University ...
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Long ring fingers may signify higher testosterone, influencing women's attraction to men. Discover more about physical characteristics and attraction.
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