Left-Handers and Health Risks: 12 Little-Known Facts

From their innovative minds to their political aspirations, there are plenty of great reasons to love lefties!

By Katie Kerns Geer

Reviewed: August 13, 2015

Fact-Checked

Left-Handedness and Your Health

There’s no denying it. Left-handers are the odd ones out.

Sure, lefties make up about 10 percent of the population — but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand.

What causes someone to become a southpaw? Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex collaboration between genes and environment. While no exact set of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties.

But no matter what it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there — it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help put an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.

Lefties Have a Higher Risk of Psychosis

Lefties make up about 10 percent of the general population. But researchers have found that in populations with certain mental disorders, that rate goes up. Previous studies have found that people with psychosis had a 20 percent likelihood of being left-handed, though a small study in the journal SAGE found the rate of psychotic lefties may be even higher. Researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas assessed 107 patients at outpatient psychiatric clinics. For those with mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder, the rate of left-handedness was close to average, at 11 percent. But in people with psychosis, such as those with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, the rate of left-handedness was 40 percent, well above average. Researchers theorize brain laterality plays a role.

Your Handedness May Determine Your Health

Scientists have also found an increased risk for dyslexia, ADHD, and certain mood disorders in left-handed people, according to a 2010 study published in Pediatrics. Researchers are not exactly sure how to explain this phenomenon, but many believe it’s related to how the brain is wired. Your noggin is divided into two halves: the left side and the right side. Most people (righties and lefties alike) rely on the brain’s left hemisphere for tasks like language functioning. But about 30 percent of left-handed folks are either partial to the right hemisphere or have no dominant hemisphere at all. According to scientists, having one hemisphere dominate is much more efficient, which is why some left-handers are at increased risk for learning impairments and brain disorders.

But lefties may be in luck when it comes to other health conditions: Results of a large survey published in the journal Laterality found that left-handers had lower rates of arthritis and ulcers.

Lefties Hear Speeches Differently

People who use their left hands when listening may more easily hear slowly-changing sounds than those who use their right hands, according to a study from Georgetown University Medical Center. The researchers who conducted the study, presented at Neuroscience 2012, found that the left and right hemispheres of the brain specialize in different kinds of sounds. The left hemisphere, which controls the right hand, likes rapidly-changing sounds like consonants, while the right hemisphere, which controls the left hand, likes slowly-changing sounds like syllables or intonation.

According to the researchers, if you’re waving an American flag while listening to a presidential candidate, the speech will sound slightly different to you depending on whether you’re holding the flag in your left or right hand. The research could ultimately result in better treatment for stroke and language disorders.

Update: An earlier version of this post stated that people who use their left hands may more easily hear rapidly-changing sounds that those who use their right hands. In fact, left-handers hear slow-changing sounds better.

Left-Handed Neanderthals Were the Minority, Too

Right-handed bias isn’t just a modern-day phenomenon: It turns out we’ve been dominantly using our right hooks for more than 500,000 years.

University of Kansas researchers recently determined the handedness of ancient humans by studying — oddly enough — their teeth. The study, which was published in the journal Laterality, found that when our great-great-great-great-(you get the point)-grandfathers processed animal hides, they would hold one side of the carcass in one hand and the other in their mouth. By locating the wear and tear on those prehistoric chompers, scientists were able to determine whether our prehistoric ancestors were using their left hand or right hand more dominantly

“All you need to have is a single tooth, and you can tell if our assumptions are right — if the individual is right- or left-handed,” study researcher David Frayer, Ph. D., told LiveScience. The results? “The fossils are just like humans in that we are mostly right-handed, and so were they.”

Lefties Make Better Artists

Southpaws have been bragging about their creative clout for years. But is it true — does being left-handed mean you’re also more likely to be artistic or innovative?

According to research published in the American Journal of Psychology, there is some evidence that left-handed people have the upper hand in at least one creative facet: They’re better at divergent thinking, a method of idea generation that explores many possible solutions.

To determine whether lefties were more likely to pursue creative careers than righties, the folks behind the Left-Handers Club (a pro-leftie group dedicated to left-handed research and product development) surveyed more than 2,000 left-handed, right-handed, and ambidextrous participants and found that lefties tended to find advantages and be drawn to careers in the arts, music, sports, and information-technology fields.

But that may also add up to lower paychecks: According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, left-handers’ salaries are 10 percent lower on average than those of right-handers.

We Vote for Left-Handers!

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It doesn’t matter which way they swing politically: A surprisingly high percentage of recent U.S. presidents were on the left (in terms of handedness, of course).

The lengthy list of left-handed leaders includes four of the last seven commanders in chief — President Obama, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford — as well as past presidents James Garfield and Harry Truman. In fact, there’s a rumor that Ronald Reagan was born a leftie, but stringent schoolteachers converted him to a righty when he was young.

Should right-handed presidential wannabes fake it? Our penchant for left-handed POTUSes is probably pure coincidence. But one recent Dutch study suggests that left-handed politicians actually have an advantage in televised debates. As a whole, people tend to associate right-handed gestures with “good” and left-handed gestures with “bad,” according to the researchers. Since television presents a mirror image, the lefties are the ones who appear to gesture with their right hands (the “good” hand).

Southpaws Will Beat You in Sports

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Golf legend Phil Mickelson, tennis ace Rafael Nadal, boxing champ Oscar de la Hoya — did you know that a number of your favorite sports superstars are lefties?

Actually, left-handers may have the advantage in sports that involve two opponents facing each other, such as in tennis, boxing, and baseball, according to an MSNBC review of the book The Puzzle of Left-Handedness, by Rik Smits. The author chalks it up to the fact that left-handed athletes get a lot more opportunity to practice against right-handed opponents than vice versa (since there are so many more righties out there).

Now that’s a home run for lefties.

Lefties Are Scaredy-Cats

Boo!

If you’re a left-hander, that probably made you cringe. That’s because people whose left hands are dominant tend to be more affected by fear than people who use their right hands, according to research presented at an annual conference of The British Psychological Society and reported in the Telegraph.

For the study, participants watched an eight-minute clip from the frightening film Silence of the Lambs. When asked to recall events from the segment, lefties were far more likely to show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder than righties, including giving fragmented descriptions and making more mistakes.

“It seems that after experiencing a fearful event, even on film, people who are left-handed had subtle behaviors that were like people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder,” head researcher Carolyn Choudhary, PhD, told the Telegraph. Blame the brain: “It is apparent that the two sides of the brain have different roles in PTSD, and the right hand-side of the brain seems to be involved in fear. But we need to do more experiments to understand what exactly is going on here,” she said.

Grrr! Left-Handers Get Angrier, Too

If you just can’t let go of that spat you had with your right-handed pal (but he seemed to move on just fine), you may be able to blame it on your left-handedness. According to a small study published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, lefties are more prone to having negative emotions. In addition, they seem to have a more difficult time processing their feelings.

Again, this seems to be related to the brain-hand connection. Compared to righties, left-handed participants in the study showed an imbalance in activity between the left and right hemispheres when trying to process their moodiness.

Easily Embarrassed? Could Be Because You’re a Leftie

Aw-shucks. Lefties may get bent out of shape, but research shows they’re just a bunch of bashful self-observers.

When scientists from Abertay University in Scotland gave 46 lefties and 66 righties behavioral tests to measure their impulsiveness and personal restraint, the left-handers in the group more commonly agreed with statements like “I worry about making mistakes” and “Criticism or scolding hurts me quite a bit. ” In fact, their answers left researchers believing that lefties tend to feel more inhibited, shy, and embarrassed than their right-handed counterparts.

“Left-handers are more likely to hesitate, whereas right-handers tend to jump in a bit more,” lead researcher Lynn Wright, PhD, told BBC News.

Lefties Like to Booze

Next time you have a run-in with a boozed-up barfly, check out which hand he’s holding his whisky with: chances are, it’ll be his left.

For years, myth has held that left-handers are more likely to become alcoholics. Research into the topic was murky, however, and relied on small samples. But a survey of more than 25,000 people from 12 countries has cleared things up a bit. While lefties are not more prone to alcoholism, they do drink more often.

Researcher Kevin Denny, who examined the data for a paper published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, says the main takeaway should be debunking that whole left-handedness-alcoholism link. “There is no evidence that handedness predicts risky drinking,” he stated in a press release. “Hence, the results do not support the idea that excess drinking may be a consequence either of atypical lateralisation of the brain, or due to the social stresses that arise from left-handers’ being a minority group.”

They Have Their Own Day!

Mark your calendar: August 13 is International Left-Handers Day.

Lefties across the globe celebrate the annual event, which was launched in 1992 by the UK-based Left-Handers Club to increase awareness about the left-handed lifestyle. According to the group’s Web site, it’s a day “when left-handers everywhere can celebrate their sinistrality and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed.”

How should you observe the occasion? Create a “leftie zone”: a designated area of personal space where everything must be done in a left-handed fashion, from your workspace setup to the way you use cutlery.

And that rule also extends to any right-handers who happen to enter the leftie zone.

Lefties Aren’t Going Anywhere

Left-handers are the minority. So does that mean they’ll go extinct one day? In fact, some researchers believe that when it comes to survival of the fittest, lefties come out on top.

Here’s why: In one-on-one combat, using the left-hand is like throwing a curveball. “The fact that left-handers are less common means they have a surprise effect,” University of Montpellier researcher Charlotte Faurie told ABC News. To dig deeper, Faurie and her colleague Michel Raymond studied nine different primitive societies. In more violent societies, they found, lefties thrived (think southpaw slugger Rocky Balboa’s left hook).

Looks like the left hand has the upper hand after all.

How Many People Are Left Handed? (More Than You Think!)

Exactly how many people are left handed? Let’s find out!

In this article you’ll discover what percentage of people are left handed, which countries have the most (and least!) left handed people, if male or female lefties are more common, and the chances of having a lefty child. You’ll also find out why left handed people are becoming more common every year!

Table Of Contents

1. How Many People Are Left Handed?
2. Is Left Handedness Becoming More Common?
3. What Countries Have The Most Left Handed People?
4. What Countries Have The Least Left Handed People?
5. Is Left Handedness More Common In Males Or Females?
6. What Are The Chances of Having a Left Handed Child?

Ever signed for a delivery and had the driver ask if you’re a lefty? Apparently, we’re still that much of a rarity that people feel the need to point it out to us every time they notice.

I’m not having a go, as a lefty I do it myself. All the time…

What makes for the fascination? Just how many people are left handed exactly?

How Many People are Left Handed?

According to experts, roughly 12% of the world is left handed. However, this figure varies depending on geographic location, gender, and date of birth amongst other factors.

Check out the rest of this article to dive into these factors in more detail!

Less than 1% of the world is ambidextrous (can easily use both the left and right hand), and an even lower number is ambilevous (finds using both hands equally awkward).

This figure is averaged from studies undertaken in North America and Western Europe. In these developed countries being left handed is less likely to be discouraged due to social stigmas, which should result in a less skewed overall number.

Although it should be noted that left handed discrimination does still occur in these countries. Read about left handed discrimination here.

What Percentage Of People Are Left Handed?

Right Handed (~87%). I’m sure you didn’t come to this article unaware that right handed people make up the majority of the population. It is estimated that right handed people amount to roughly 87% of the world.

Left Handed (~12%). The second most common handedness type, studies show that on average us lefties make up around 12% of the population. Although this does vary depending on location, as in some countries being left handed may still have a social stigma attached to it. For example Taiwan (5%), Japan (4.7%), and Korea (2%) all have a much lower population of lefties. Scroll down a little further to see the lefty representation broken down by country.

Ambidextrous (<1%). An ambidextrous person is able to perform any task equally well with either hand, although they do still tend to favor their dominant side. Truly ambidextrous people are incredibly rare, and are estimated to make up less than 1% of the population.

Ambilevous (<1%). An ambilevous (or ambisinister) person is the exact opposite of an ambidextrous person, finding it generally awkward to use either hand to undertake tasks.

Is Left Handedness Becoming More Common?

Even until recently, being left handed was still discouraged in many developed countries.

We can see this when we look at the number of lefties in different age groups in North America. Only 6% of over-65s identified as being left handed, whereas a whopping 15% of under 30s said the same.

Check out the graph below which shows what percentage of poeple are left handed by year.

These results were taken from a large study by Gilbert and Wysocki (Hand Preference and Age in the United States, 1992) which included over 1 million people.

The increased number of people identifying as being left handed is almost certainly due to modern society becoming less conservative.

On top of this, it is estimated that amongst older generations some 6-8% of right handed people are actually natural left handers, but were forced into writing right handed due to social pressures.

Considering the results based on age, it would seem very likely that the overall percentage of people identifying as being a lefty will continue to increase over time.

What Countries Have The Most Left Handed People?

What percent of the world is left handed? In this next section we’ll see what countries have the highest representation of lefties, as well as which have the lowest.

1. The Netherlands (13.2% Left Handed)
2. United States (13.1% Left Handed)
3. Belgium (13.1% Left Handed)
4. Canada (12.8% Left Handed)
5. United Kingdom (12.24% Left Handed)
6. Ireland (11.65%)
7. Switzerland (11.61%)
8. France (11.15%)
9. Denmark (11%)
10. Italy (10.51%)

Data for European countries was taken from a large internet study by McManus and Peters (Handedness in Europe: analysis of data from the BBC internet study). Information on other countries was sourced from various other bodies of research.

What Countries Have The Least Left Handed People?

What percentage of people are left handed in the countries with the lowest representation of southpaws?

1. Korea (2. 0%)
2. Mexico (2.5%)
3. China (3.5%)
4. Japan (4.7%)
5. Taiwan (5.0%)

It’s clear that in countries with a more formal culture, the rate of left-handedness is much lower.

It has been suggested that the more complex writing style in many Asian countries is a major reason why the numbers are so much lower.

Is Left Handedness More Common In Males Or Females?

What is the percentage of left-handed females compared to males?

Lefties are not created equally! According to a 2008 study (Sex Differences in Left-Handedness: A Meta-Analysis of 144 Studies), a left handed person is 23% more likely to be male than female.

This means that for every 4 left handed women, there should be roughly 5 left handed men.

One possible explanation for this uneven split is that girls are more likely to conform to social norms. It has also been suggested that there may be genetic factors, which you can read about below.

What Are The Chances of Having a Left Handed Child?

According to a 2009 study by Llaurens, Raymond and Faurie (Why are some people left-handed? An evolutionary perspective), the chances of having a left handed child are as follows:

• Both parents Left Handed – 27% Male / 21. 4% Female
• Righty Father & Lefty Mother – 22.1% Male / 21.7% Female
• Lefty Father & Righty Mother – 18.2% Male / 15.3% Female
• Both Parents Right Handed – 10.4% Male / 8.5% Female

I’ve averaged these results out for simplicity and displayed them in the graphic below.

Another interesting factoid I stumbled across was that two left handed parents are twice as likely to produce twins!

Check out the infographic below (click to enlarge!) where you’ll find all of this information compiled into one handy graphic.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is There A Place Where 100% of People Are Lefties?

Yes! Well, kinda… In the small town of Left Hand, West Virginia, USA, technically… everyone is a left hander!

How Rare Is It To Be Left Handed?

This will depend on a number of factors including your gender, location, and even the year that you were born! However, on average, roughly 12 out of every 100 people are left handed. So, it is fairly rare to be left handed!

How Many People Are Right Handed?

What percent of the world is right handed? On average, it is estimated that roughly 87% of the world is right handed. The vast majority!

How Many People Are Ambidextrous?

Ambidextrous people have the ability to use either hand to perform tasks with the same degree of ease. They are incredibly rare, and it is estimated that only around 1% of the world can be considered ambidextrous.

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BRAIN RIGHT-HANDED AND LEFT-HANDED – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

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like the rest: they are lefties. Moreover, their difference is not just a mirror one. If for right-handed people the leading right hand is most often combined with the leading right eye and the leading right ear, then for left-handers these combinations are much more diverse. Even their brains are arranged somewhat differently than those of the right-handed majority, and this, as it turned out, applies not only to the dominance of the right (and not the left) hemisphere, but also to the principles of functional organization in general.

In the Laboratory of General and Clinical Electrophysiology of the Human Brain of the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, under the guidance of Doctor of Biological Sciences L.A. Zhavoronkova, the character of interhemispheric asymmetry of the brain of right-handers and left-handers was studied. For this, encephalograms were taken from the subjects in different states, which recorded the bioelectrical activity of different areas of the cerebral cortex.

It turned out, for example, that in a state of calm wakefulness, the cerebral hemispheres of right-handers work more synchronously than those of left-handers, and when moving the dominant hand, the brain of right-handers is activated locally in the left (leading) hemisphere, while in left-handers it is activated in both. The encephalogram of right-handers and left-handers also changed in different ways during falling asleep.

During another experiment, the subjects first sat with their eyes closed, and when they opened them, a light signal lit up in front of them, on which they had to fix their eyes. In right-handers, the effect of this signal disrupted the synchronism in the work of the hemispheres, while in left-handers, the picture changed insignificantly.

It seems that left-handers do not have such a clear distribution of roles between the sections of the cortex of the cerebral hemispheres, and this is precisely what affects his work during the transition from one functional state to another (for example, from wakefulness to sleep). Scientists believe that the cortex and subcortical structures in right-handers mutually suppress each other to a large extent, while in left-handers, on the contrary, they are mutually activated. Both minuses and pluses of “left-handedness” follow from this. So, for example, the cortex of left-handers is less able to suppress epileptic activity, and this apparently explains the fact that among them there is a much larger percentage of epileptics than among the human population in general.

On the other hand, the functional organization of the brain of left-handed people can contribute to the development of creative abilities, and it is not surprising that there are many brilliant musicians, architects, and artists among them. As an example, we can recall Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Charlie Chaplin, as well as the famous Leskovsky Lefty.

And as a result of joint work with the staff of the Institute of Neurosurgery named after N. N. Burdenko of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences – professors T. A. Dobrokhotova and N. N. Bragina – another advantage of the left-handed brain was established. His activity after a craniocerebral injury is restored more easily than that of right-handed people. Less specialization contributes to the development of compensatory processes, and healthy areas of the brain take over the functions of the damaged ones.

According to L. A. Zhavoronkova, left-handers are no worse and no better than right-handers – they are just different. Meanwhile, our “right world” is not convenient for them: everything is the opposite, everything is on the other side. But until he turned his face to their problems, did not make their life more comfortable, they are forced to adapt to him.

People with non-traditional hand orientation: stories from the life of Stavropol left-handers

August 13, 2022, 16:13ArticlesPhoto: SKIA

Left-handedness is a phenomenon that has not been fully studied even in modern times. Only about 10 percent of the world’s population writes with the wrong hand.

These “informals” celebrate their “professional” holiday on August 13. How do left-handed people live in the “right” world? Who is right and who is a lion, read the material of the Pobeda26 news agency.

Non-rights: who are lefties?

“Right” and “left” are usually determined by the dominant hand. Simply put, a left-handed person is called a person who does everything with his left hand. The same is true for right-handers.

However, not everything is as simple as it seems. When determining the degree of “left-handedness” it is necessary to take into account not only the main hand. The leading eye is also taken into account – it is not closed when aiming at the target, the ear, to which the phone is usually applied, and the foot: in sports this is called a push, and it is her that people instinctively put forward when, for example, they ride on an ice slide. Therefore, absolute left-handers will be typed no more than one percent of the entire population of the planet.

Being left-handed is cool

The phenomenon of left-handedness

The phenomenon of left-handedness is usually associated with the predominant use of the left hand as the leading one.

However, as psychologist Marina Gritsai said, it is difficult to study the phenomenon of left-handedness, because left-handers, like right-handers, do not exist in their pure form.

“Many body-oriented therapists, including myself, do not distinguish between pure left-handers and right-handers. There are many tests that show that a person can write with his right hand, but the leading foot or ear is left. Therefore, when discussing these concepts, one cannot start only from writing.0003 marks Marina Gritsai.

Marina Gritsai

People with non-traditional hand orientation: how left-handed people live in the “right” world

Humanity is represented by two groups of unequal numbers – left-handed and right-handed people. Moreover, almost all things in the world are made under the latter.

However, as left-hander Irina Kupko says, this does not interfere with her life.

“I don’t notice any discomfort associated with being left-handed. Is that sometimes difficult with scissors. My husband told me that there are special scissors for left-handed people, but I have not seen one. There is no surprise on the part of others, so I don’t feel particularly unusual or unique. There are many of us. And I write with my right hand, because they retrained at school. But for me it’s not a tragedy. It seems that psychologists advise brushing your teeth with your non-dominant hand to train your brain. So I have a daily workout, “

shared by Irina.

Left-hander Artyom’s mother, Yulia Yakovenko, says that she did not try to retrain her son.

“From birth he used the left handle more actively. Now, however, he is trying to work with both hands – of his own free will. First, my grandmother tried to retrain, then a kindergarten teacher. In the end, I insisted on leaving him alone. True, she assured that it would be more difficult for the child later at school, but how many left-handers I have met – they complained about difficulties at school just in connection with attempts to retrain them, ”

Julia tells.

By the way, the author of this article did not just take up writing an article about left-handers – I myself live on the “left side of the world.”

In turn, I can say that I like being left-handed. I never understood what was so strange about it. Favorite question from right-handers: “Are you left-handed?” Mom affectionately calls me “left-handed” when everything falls out of my hands – I’m not particularly neat. But I can dispel the myth that left-handers write poorly – I have large beautiful handwriting with the correct slope. I draw well too. And I don’t notice other “leftist” problems that they write about on the Internet. What is surprising to me is that I play football with my right foot.

Lefties have a more developed right hemisphere of the brain, which is responsible for creativity

I don’t know if left-handedness is inherited, scientists still argue about this, but my grandfather is also left-handed. In childhood, he was retrained. In the 40s and 50s of the last century, this was strict: teachers hit left-handers with pointers on their innately dominant hand so that they wrote with their right.

Tamara Oks went to school in 1970. Came left-handed, left right-handed. By that time, the methods had already changed, but they were not particularly gentle.

“They tied our left hand and forced us to write with our right. I can’t say that it had a bad effect on me, I’m used to it. Now I do almost everything with my right hand. I didn’t retrain my children – I have two sons who are left-handed,”

told a woman from Stavropol.

But Dmitry Gridchin was already retrained in the 2000s. By this time, beating with pointers and tying hands had become relics of the past.

“My parents just taught me to hold a pen in my right hand. I started to prepare for studies at the age of 6, so at school I already wrote with my right hand. Now I only write and eat for her, I do everything else with my left hand.0003 shared by Dmitry.

Many left-handers were retrained at school

Right-handers involuntarily: is it worth retraining left-handers?

Psychologist Marina Gritsai believes that it is wrong to retrain left-handers.

“From the point of view of psychology, this is wrong. The child is thus given to understand that something is wrong with him, he is somehow not so, uncomfortable. My husband is a retrained left-hander. He said that the teacher at school was very strict with him. He was forced to write with his right hand, from which he suffered and felt emotionally ill. Previously, children were retrained because of the convenience of teachers, so as not to explain separately to one child, and also because of cultural rules: everyone should be one, no one should stand out, ”

gives an example of a psychologist.

Marina Gritsai notes that in fact the development of different hemispheres is very good. It is important to distinguish: not retraining, but development. For example, if a child writes with his left hand, then he can underline with his right.

In the modern world, there are many things adapted for left-handed people

One-handed: items designed specifically for left-handed people

In the 21st century, the world has made a huge leap, and left-handers are no longer considered outcasts. The “right” world has learned to adapt to the “left”.

Before the start of the school year, school supplies for left-handed kids are especially relevant. For left-handed schoolchildren, they came up with adapted pens, copybooks, notebooks, scissors, rulers, and even sharpeners.

Adult left-handers today can acquire specialized household items – mirror counterparts for left-handers. These include knives, corkscrews, mugs, sewing machines and various kitchen appliances.