Rant

According to Hannah Barnes’s “Do left-handed people really die young?”, the ‘natural rate’ of left-handed population artificially decreased during the Victorian period.

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That’s right. This is another classic example of societal discrimination of innocent minorities.

During the early 1900’s, not only was it socially unaccepted to be a lefty, righties made sure to make life difficult for them.

Chris McManus, author of Right Hand, Left Hand, and professor of psychology and medical education at University College London, explains: "They went to work in factories using machines designed for right-handers"

And, “compulsory schooling came along and they were obliged to sit in classrooms and try and write with their right hand using an ink pen and they made a mess. The result of all of this was that left-handers became stigmatised - regarded as cack-handed, stupid.”

How can anybody be labeled as stupid for something they’re born with?! That’s just cruel. These are the people we keep in mind when we are fighting to liberate the left hand!

Vive la main gauche!