Discrimination Against Left

People often reject the unique, they look with a quirked eyebrow and a disfavouring eye on those who are different. In an unspoken agreement, the majority decided to don a negative attitude to the minority. Perhaps one of the most finespun, subtle discriminations in the world we live in today is that against the left; so inconspicuous is it, that most never realise its existence. Most would sneer, “how can there be discrimination against left? It’s just a direction, a handedness, an adjective,”, but ‘most’ are the unwittingly biased majority. The word ‘left’, bears three direct meanings. When facing North, it refers to the West side. In the political sense, left, left-wing, and leftist all refer to someone with radical, liberal political …show more content…
And because they wouldn 't utilise the other hand as much, people began to associate those who were born left handed as foolish and backwards. In places where hygiene was an issue, the right hand, as the dominant hand of most individuals, was used for social interactions and eating, leaving the left the unfavourable duty of being used for personal cleanliness, especially after using the bathroom. In many middle eastern countries, it is still considered rude to shake hands or eat with your left. It is believed to be unlucky to encounter a left handed person at the start of a journey in …show more content…
Trying to create a right handed child out of a left handed one may result in dyslexia along with learning and speech disorders like stuttering. And all the hard work put into morphing them is more often resulting in ambidexterity than full right handedness. Even today, left handed students aren 't shown the same considerations as their right handed peers. Most school desks are attached to the chair on the right side, offering an armrest for the right handed. However, it doesn 't extend fully to the left, forcing the left handed to contort uncomfortably to be able to write properly, which can cause back problems and the appearance that the student is cheating. Scissors are almost always built with the right blade on top, which allows you to see what you 're cutting, if you do it with your right hand. Using your left feels uncomfortable and the scissors shear the paper instead of cutting it. When I was young I thought I was stupid because the cuts I made on paper never looked as pretty and clean as the other kids’. Most left handed people tend to end up as more right handed than not, as everything around us tends to be crafted for the right handed majority. We adapt and conform so often that when we are presented with the rare object designed for us, it seems strange and unnatural. That majority is so unused to and so often unwitting to our struggle, that they roll their eyes