What a load of BS in the article!
I learned early on not to wear rings. At 18, I was in the catapults division on an aircraft carrier. I saw a shipmate fall and slip off of the deck onto the catwalk. His ring finger caught on the deck edge and ripped his finger off.
After my Navy service, I also worked in facilities where I ran lathes and it was definitely not safe to wear any rings.
I’m sure that a certain faction of males AND females stash their rings when out “catting” around, but the majority of males who don’t wear rings do so from lessons learned to avoid injuries.
My dad hack-sawed my old birthstone ring off me when I was teenager.
Sure wouldn’t want to repeat that again.
I made the mistake of wearing my ring during an 8-mile road march in the Fort Benning, GA, summer heat. My hands were very swollen by the end, and, despite my ring crushing my finger, I couldn’t get it off and had to just gut it out until the swelling died down.
After that, I NEVER wear my ring in a field environment or deployment. I just put it on my ID tag chain in my right pocket.