Is The Only Live Medical-Social Network, MD medical video social network, video healthcare community, social medical symptoms videos MedichatMD.com - The Advantages of Being Left-Handed. Being Left-Handed. Southpaws, lefties, sinistrals. All these terms describe a misunderstood group of people: left-handers. Lefties have been unfairly treated for hundreds of years. Enmity against left-handers is thought to have begun with ancient sun worship. Most of these sun worshippers lived in the Northern Hemisphere and faced south when worshipping the sun. Under these conditions, the sun appears to move from left to right. Being Left Handed. One out of every ten people walking down the street is left-handed.
Everywhere they go, left-handed people come across tools that were designed for right handed persons. From scissors to camcorders to screw drivers to hockey sticks to baseball gloves, lefties learn early on that they need to develop skills to live in a world designed for right handed people. If you are a right-handed person, try this experiment sometime: Grab a scissors with your left hand and try cutting a piece of paper. Don't be surprised if the experience feels extremely awkward. Thankfully, there are companies that make left-handed scissors, left handed camcorders, and other left-handed tools. Left Handers Day 2009 - Official Site.