The length of a man's ring finger has been tied to success at financial trading, and its length in relation to the index finger is an indicator of exposure to testosterone in utero. Now a recent study suggests that men with long ring fingers are more likely to be considered attractive by women. Camille Ferdenzi of the University of Geneva explained:
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"The aim was to understand what makes a man attractive," and whether at least some of those qualities "were in part conditioned by the foetal environment," Ferdenzi said in an interview.
For the visual test, the results were unambiguous. "The longer the ring finger compared to the index -- that is, the greater the exposure to testosterone -- the more attractive the face was rated," she said by phone.
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hurrdurr.it !
::facepalm::
2) The same gene that controls for digit length in both fingers and toes is also responsible for the growth of the male's Schwanzstucker.
3) I'm not surprised at the results of this study. I caught one girl staring at me wedding tackle for about 10 seconds straight; -which is a freaking Eternity in the middle of a public place with a good number of ppl around.
In another study they found, when tracking eye-movements, that women spend more time looking at genitals than men do:
"Men spent more time, and had a higher probability of, looking at female faces. NC Women had more first looks towards, spent more time, and had a higher probability of, looking at genitals. OC Women spent more time, and had a higher probability of, looking at contextual regions of pictures, those featuring clothing or background." - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17362952