• yesman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When left-handedness became acceptable the number of left handed people was far higher than experts had predicted.

    • RedSnt 🧩♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dk
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      1 year ago

      My grandmother told me stories about how she’d get whipped with a stick on the top of her hand if she tried using her left. Coercion never went away: conversion camps, behavioural therapy etc.

      • Daelsky@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Before the 60s, in most Catholic societies, writing with your left hand was seen as a sign of the devil and unchristian. It was thus punished very often. I heard stories in Québec (Canada) where people would be beaten their left hand until there was blood with a wooden ruler. It’s frankly horrible and someone I know did show her scars from being beaten so often.