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Comment author: NoSuchPlace 22 March 2014 04:53:12PM 3 points [-]

Is it possible that this has something to do with how rounded the shapes are? I noticed that the ratio of cusps to rounded edges (a circle counting for two) is 1:0, 2:0, 3:1, 2:0 for the male digits and 0:2, 1:1, 0:3, 0:4, 0:3 for the female digits. Though obviously this can change with typeface it often remains more or less true.

Comment author: blacktrance 22 March 2014 07:23:57PM 1 point [-]

Yes, I think that's where the association comes from.

Comment author: NoSuchPlace 24 March 2014 08:45:57PM 0 points [-]

Thank you.

People with number form synesthesia sometimes have the first twelve digits in the form of of a clock face, I was wondering if something similar was going on with male bodies usually being relatively angular in comparison to female bodies.

Comment author: Psychosmurf 25 March 2014 04:56:03PM 0 points [-]

I doubt it. For me, 1, 3, 8, and 9, are all male, whereas 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are all female.