Jessica Wynn

I was left-handed.

She made me stay after school to practice writing with my right hand.

And the results looked like...

crooked, out of control penmanship, like a ransom note or something.

It wasn't long after that I was politely asked to switch to a public school because I was so devilish, I guess.

I know.

They just lots of hatred.

Sorry.

But yeah, but left handed individuals were often viewed with suspicion.

They were accused of witchcraft and even punished in some cases.

There's a myth that left-handed writing was banned by Pope Innocent VIII in the 1600s, but I couldn't find any proof of that.

What is documented is that writing with the left hand was considered a direct affront to divine order, further cementing the notion that the right hand was God's hand and the proper way to perform holy and virtuous acts.

It's really strange that everybody wanted things,

In a uniform fashion, you know, I mean, it traces back to all these older taboos.

Cultural conditioning is huge and that can influence our hand dominance.

In some societies and cultures, using your left hand for daily tasks, especially eating, is still considered rude or unclean.

That's right.

There was a time before toilet paper and hand sanitizer and the left hand was the bathroom hand.

Yeah.

So hygiene, wiping, all that glamorous stuff was the left hand's duties.