Anyone Knows The History Of The Middle Finger ?

Question

Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send this question?

Very good endrshadow, but that is not the correct answer

Correct true answer.

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute!
IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!

Answer 1

Giving someone "the finger" is one of the basest violations in modern culture, but its origins date back over 2500 years. The first written record of the insult occurred in ancient Greece, where the playwright Aristophanes (the Adam Sandler of his day) made a crude joke mixing up the middle finger and the penis. Even back then, the bird was considered an aggressive, phallic put-down.

It has been argued by anthropologists that the finger is a a variant of a classic "phallic aggressive" gesture used by primates. By jabbing a threatening phallus at your enemy like a wild animal, you aren't just belittling him, but also making him your sexual inferior. Instead of using a real penis, civilized Janes and Platos called upon the substitute wieners within their own hands to mock, threaten, and humiliate opponents.

Answer 2

Desmond Morris (the anthropoligist) claims that it is intended to represent an errect penis. Although vulgar gestures are different from one culture to the next they tend to represent obscene body parts.

It may be that as humans became more civilized and started wearing clothing that we looked or symbols (such as a middle finger) rather than showing anatomy obscenely. I know from personal experience that monkeys definately show their genitals or rectums as a sign of dissatisfaction with you.

Answer 3

I knew it, but I forgot, like french and english war?dam