Measuring a man’s penis size

Can Fingers Reveal the Size of a Mans Penis?

When I was younger, my girlfriends and I used to stare at guys’ feet and giggle. Back then, foot size was supposedly indicative of how well-endowed a guy was. Our game was fun and innocent and purely unscientific.

Fast-forward to 2011 and new research that suggests there may be a reliable way to gauge a man’s penis size that does actually involve part of a man’s anatomy. Instead of foot size, the new study suggests that women – or anyone who’s interested – may not need to look any farther than a man’s hands to guess-timate what’s hiding behind his zipper!

It’s true, according to Tae Beom Kim who works in the Urology Department at Gachon University Gil Hospital in Incheon, South Korea. But figuring out a man’s penis size may be a bit more difficult than simply looking at his hands. Kim says that to determine the length of a man’s penis, you need to measure the length his ring finger and his index finger. Then you have to divide one by the other to arrive at a ratio. It seems the higher the ratio, the shorter the penis length and vice versa.

Why these two fingers?

Chances are none of us are going to start measuring men’s fingers in an effort to confirm or deny the credibility of this formula. But researchers believe the possible connection involves prenatal testosterone. Previously conducted studies have presented compelling evidence of prenatal testosterone’s role in the development of both the length of a man’s finger and the length of his penis.

Wanting to learn more about this possible connection, Kim and his colleagues launched their own study during which they measured men’s penises. The 144 men who participated in their study all had urological problems, yet those problems had no adverse affect on penis length. Researchers measured the length of participants’ penises while they were under anesthesia.

Researchers also measured the lengths of both fingers on each participant’s right hand so that they could calculate the ratio. They only measured the fingers on the right hand because previous research suggests that there is more sensitivity to testosterone in the right hand.

The researchers found that the men whose index fingers were shorter than their ring fingers just might come out the winner in the penis length game. Crazy as the possible involvement of prenatal testosterone sounds, it is an idea that is gaining respect. Just last year another study involving finger length was carried out by other researchers. In this study researchers found that the risk for prostate cancer was lower in men with long index fingers.

While the finger length/penis length relationship hasn’t yet been confirmed, a researcher not involved in the study believes that the recent results offer “circumstantial evidence” of prenatal testosterone’s involvement.

Until then, it sure will be fun to gaze at men’s fingers and wonder. But seriously, studies that unlock more of the mysteries of what takes place before birth are imperative for their ability to advance medical knowledge.