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where did you grew up that there was superstition against left-handedness? that sounds like something from a century ago, not 15 years (in the US, anyway).
by jonahx 11y ago
where did you grew up that there was superstition against left-handedness? that sounds like something from a century ago, not 15 years (in the US, anyway).
- 1971genocide 11y agoIt was in an english school in dubai. It was seen as not similar to other kids, since everyone else I knew were right-handed. I am not sure what the reasoning was to them - I never asked my parents about it anyway -
- MisterBastahrd 11y agoIsn't this an Islamic prohibition of sorts? In Islam, the right hand is used to do clean things, the left the impure. You eat with your right hand and perform toilet actions with your left. Could be wrong, but that's my recollection.
- inanutshellus 11y agoI suspect you're simply right handed or were lucky enough to be in some kind of safe environment for lefties. For me, a left-hander, while there was no superstitious negativity, there were dozens of harsh, practical negative interactions. One of my first memories of school was being sat at a round table. Every time I'd try to color, cut, paste, whatever, I'd bump elbows with the kid next to me. He'd get mad. I got in trouble. So I started sitting on the floor and doing my work on the chair. So I got in trouble. I'd smear everything I wrote, mangle my fingers in those fricking scissors, and learning that "Sinister" literally means "left-handed" was really grand. I despise being left-handed.
- 1971genocide 11y agoHopefully not anymore. The uniqueness of my left-handedness turns out to be great as an adult as its something sometimes people use as a conversation starter. The other advantage of left-handness is that I learnt that people who were left-handness had a a more active right brain, which means I am extra creative !
- mikeash 11y agoMy wife is Chinese and her family is still of the mindset that right-handedness is correct. I had to come down kind of hard for a while on attempts to "correct" our daughter into writing with her right hand. I think they're over it, but it's definitely the sort of attitude that still exists among some.
- vhold 11y agoI have a relative who went through the same thing in Kansas in the late 60s... But 15 years ago? Yeah that's nuts.