If you look uo left handed at https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/left%20handed you will get definitions like: clumsy. dubious, insincere, sinister and maladroit.
In some Asian cultures young left handers are often forced to switch to the right hand. Up until the early 20th century, finding out that your partner was left handed was actually considered grounds for divorce in Japan.
In many religions, including Christianity, the right hand of God is the favored hand. For example, Jesus sits at God's right side. Those who fall from favor with God are sent to left, as described in Matthew 25: 32–33, in which sheep represent the righteous and goats represent the fallen: "And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right, but the goats on his left." In 19th-century Europe, homosexuals were referred to as "left-handed". In Protestant-majority parts of the United Kingdom, Catholics were called "left-footers", and vice versa in Catholic-majority parts of Ireland and Irish America. During the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic Church would condemn and occasionally execute those who used their left hand. During the time of the Salem Witch Trials, use of the left hand could lead to one’s burning at the stake. Black magic is sometimes referred to as the "left-hand path", which is strongly associated with Satanism. In old France it was held that witches greet Satan “avec le bras gauche” or, with the left hand. It was also believed that we can only see ghosts if we look over our left shoulder and that the Devil watches us over the left shoulder.
In many religions, including Christianity, the right hand of God is the favored hand. For example, Jesus sits at God's right side. Those who fall from favor with God are sent to left, as described in Matthew 25: 32–33, in which sheep represent the righteous and goats represent the fallen: "And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right, but the goats on his left." In 19th-century Europe, homosexuals were referred to as "left-handed". In Protestant-majority parts of the United Kingdom, Catholics were called "left-footers", and vice versa in Catholic-majority parts of Ireland and Irish America. During the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic Church would condemn and occasionally execute those who used their left hand. During the time of the Salem Witch Trials, use of the left hand could lead to one’s burning at the stake. Black magic is sometimes referred to as the "left-hand path", which is strongly associated with Satanism. In old France it was held that witches greet Satan “avec le bras gauche” or, with the left hand. It was also believed that we can only see ghosts if we look over our left shoulder and that the Devil watches us over the left shoulder.
However, Left handers are better at multitasking and recover from strokes faster because they use the right side of their brains. Lefties are more likely to pass a driving test, and they excel at the arts. Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Beethoven and Michelangelo were all lefties.
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