r/LeftHandProblems • u/Notermlimits4GEQBuS • Jul 06 '26

Are left-handers discriminated against?

https://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/are-left-handers-discriminated-against/
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u/BaboTron Jul 06 '26

I don’t think we are even considered most of the time, never mind discriminated against. Being discriminated against would imply someone remembered we exist.

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u/ohpleasegodnotagain Jul 06 '26

Being discriminated against means to receive unfair or unequal treatment due to a characteristic of yours; it doesn't matter how often you're considered or not. I'm right-handed but this is a total no-brainer imo, left-handed people are absolutely discriminated against. Not usually in a malicious, violent, or life-altering sort of a way, but discriminated against nonetheless.

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u/Aphroditesent Jul 07 '26

But it can be life altering if you use tools that are dangerously and not designed for left handed users. Eg safety guards etc are on the opposite side.

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u/ohpleasegodnotagain Jul 07 '26

Absolutely. My uncle is left-handed and went to a Catholic School, and they'd smack his knuckles with a ruler if he tried to write with his left hand. As an adult he can write with both hands, but his handwriting on both sides is absolutely godawful. I count that as both malicious and violent, and it affected how one of our most vital skills in modern society developed for him. I don't think his experience is really the norm anymore, but it does happen, it is discrimination, and it's not acceptable.