Eli5: Why is sticking out the middle finger offensive?

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Where did it originate from? and why is it considered an inapporiate behavior socially?

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It’s actually an ancient gesture, dating back to at least as far as ancient Greece. The general connotation, even if normally no longer spoken, is that you’ll sodomise them with that finger, the longest of the bunch. Alternatively it can symbolise a penis, so the gesture effectively means something along the lines of “fuck you” and “shove it up your ass”

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