Why do left-handed people think they are special?

Left-handers implicitly chose illustrations in the left column, and righties tended to choose images on the right side. read more

In general, people in minorities seem to more closely align their identity with being in a minority than people in the majority align their identity with being in the majority, so this may explain why it seems that left-handed people "flaunt" their handedness more than right-handed people. read more

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). read more

The man in red is said to baptize with his left hand while the Christian church's blessings are performed with the right hand. The Latin word for "left" is "sinister," which could also go into why nuns used to force children to write with their right hands even if they were left-handed. read more