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It's called the RIGHT hand for a reason (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You can thank the Romans’ adoption of the Bible for that stigma.

In Latin, sinestra means on the left side. Left handed people were referred to as sinister. After the appearance of Eve on Adam’s left side in accounts of Genesis, the Christian tradition finds instances of the left side being pinned to immorality. As a result, some time during the Latin Classical Era the definition shifted to its current meaning of evil.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's also less left-handed people so they're easier to pick on, and people in the past really delighted on being assholes

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

They still do. But they used to to.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

we're better at swordfighting though.