Thursday, November 22, 2018

Is it still considered Left handed, if you do all other tasks with left hand leaving besides writing and eating?


Yes. I consider one as a Left handed, if one does all other tasks with left hand leaving besides writing and eating?
Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion, not a scientific answer.
I think ‘Writing’ and ‘Eating’ should not be considered as the primary criterion in identifying the ‘handedness’ of a human.
Writing is an acquired skill and it depends on which hand you started training and learnt.
Similarly you can train yourself to write with a specific hand, learn to do normal chores like brushing, shaving, open door with a specific hand, etc. Like the way, I trained myself to eat, shake-hand, serving food, religious rituals, etc with my right hand.
One’s “natural”, “reflex”, “physical”, “instinctive” actions should distinguish that person as a left-handed or right!
· If I throw a dagger/stone at you, would you rise your left hand or right hand to block?
· If I offer you a bag of apples, will you pick with your left/right?
· When you sneeze, do you use your left/right hand to cover your nose? In some cases, this can be trained. I pick my nose with my right hand because my left hand would be busy most times like writing :-) Just kidding.
· I set/comb my hair with left hand
· In an action that needs strength like using spanner for unscrewing/screwing, do you use left/right?
Some websites talk about other ways like

  •      “which thumb is on up side when you interlock your fingers?”,
  •      “which palm is up when you clap while applauding?”,
  •      “which hand is up when you hold hands on your back?”
  •      “with which eye do you wink?”
I don’t believe in the above stuff.


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