• Tuxman@sh.itjust.works
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      Children who were left handed were HEAVILY punished and pretty much forced to learn to use their right hand Hence “there were no left handed people back in my days”

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        It was still done where I’m from in the 80s. I was born lefthanded but have been forcibly converted to being righthanded. This can lead to neurological problems like persistent stutters. I was lucky though.

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        My grandfather was born in the 40s and a lefty. He was forced to write with his right hand so much he ended up with terrible penmanship regardless of what hand he wrote with

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        Left handed is also more common in neurodivergent people, autism has higher rates of “not-right handedness” which includes left handedness and mixed handedness