Re: Left handedness indicates gayness

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From: Richard
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> | Something else worth mentioning is the stigma that goes along with being
> | left handed.  At the age of five, I was mentally tortured and physically
> | knocked about by my teacher for being left-handed.
>
> This seems to have been quite common. It was something else which just did
not
> matter, but which people wanted to correct.
>

Although appalling, this gives us an interesting window into the past.
Left-handedness used to be seen as the devil's work and a vile aberration.
All sorts of measures including strapping the left hand behind the back and
beating children that used their left hand where they 'should' have used
their right. I think its fairly safe to say that one's handedness is now no
longer an issue now that attitudes have changed. Looking at this makes me
cautiously optimistic for gays; as time passes one's sexuality may well be
as important as one's handedness. Unfortunately for those of us living in
the now, the old attitudes still persist.

Richard.

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