• DOI:10.1023/A:1021837211630
Corpus ID: 1743441

Finger-Length Ratios in Female Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Sexual Orientation

@article{Hall2003FingerLengthRI,
  title={Finger-Length Ratios in Female Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Sexual Orientation},
  author={Lynn S. Hall and C. Love},
  journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  year={2003},
  volume={32},
  pages={23-28}
}

Lynn S. Hall, C. Love

Published 2003

Psychology, Medicine

Archives of Sexual Behavior

The second to fourth finger digit ratio (2D:4D ratio) is a sex-dimorphic characteristic in humans that may reflect relative levels of first trimester prenatal sex hormones. Low interdigital ratio has been associated with high levels of androgens. It has been reported in unrelated women that low 2D:4D ratio is associated with lesbian sexual orientation, but because of the nature of those samples, it was not possible to conclude whether lower ratio (and hypothetically, higher androgen levels) in… CONTINUE READING

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