[LMB] OT: gender and brains

Azalais Aranxta tiamat at tsoft.com
Thu Nov 15 00:24:07 GMT 2007


On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Jill Tallman wrote:

> lettuce_in_fl at yahoo.com writes:
>
> I missed something here... what's up with the ring finger being
> longer than the index finger?  mine is, and I was always a
> tomboy; I still hang with the boyz, and don't have many close
> female friends.
>
> M: It's supposed to indicate masculine-brain tendencies caused
> by exposure to testosterone in utero.  Also creativity, and
> presumably the ability to read maps. <g>
>
> well, must be true then. I'm an artist, and the official
> navigator when my DH and go on trips. I love maps!

My ring finger is also longer, and I'm good with maps and with
sewing, but damn if I'm not the frilliest, femmiest, no camping
plz femme I know!

~malfoy :)


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