Strange Country Ep. 223: Left-handedness

One hundred years ago, there were fewer left handed Americans than there are now. Why the change? Obviously the indoctrination of public schools…or maybe it became more accepting to be left handed and so more people feel comfortable using their dominant hand. Weird how that works. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about the stigma once attached to left-handedness and relate it to today's anti-trans legislation being pushed by trash people. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Adeleke, Y. (2021, September 20). Left-handers once experienced severe stigmatization and discrimination. Medium. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://historyofyesterday.com/left-handers-once-experienced-severe-stigmatization-and-discrimination-f172c2fde6ef  Eveleth R. (2013, May 17). Two-thirds of the world still hates lefties. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-thirds-of-the-world-still-hates-lefties-64727388/#:~:text=In%20many%20Muslim%20parts%20of,including%20those%20of%20the%20West . Gallagher, J. (2019, September 5). Left-handed DNA found - and it changes brain structure. BBC News. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49579810  Gannon, M. (2019, November 10). Why are people left- (or right-) handed? LiveScience. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.livescience.com/what-causes-left-handedness.html  Gould, M. (2021, February 12). GOP rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene 'cheated on husband with men at gym'. Daily Mail Online. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9246917/Marjorie-Taylor-Green-openly-cheated-husband-men-gym.html  Katz, B. (2017, May 31). A lonely snail with an unusual shell strikes out in Love. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jeremy-lonely-snail-unusual-shell-strikes-out-love-180963429/  Lutz, E., & Ecarma, C. (2022, April 8). "Children as collateral damage": GOP's latest culture war targets Trans Kids. Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/alabama-anti-trans-bill  Pinsker, J. (2014, December 11). Why lefties make less. The Atlantic. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/why-lefties-make-less/383635/  Praderio, C., & Lakritz, T. (2021, August 13). 17 little ways that the world is designed for right-handed people. Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.insider.com/things-that-are-hard-for-left-handed-people-2016-11  Restak, R. M. (1988, December 11). Do we want a left-handed president? The Washington Post. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/12/11/do-we-want-a-left-handed-president/1a6c49dc-0e40-4ea3-ab4b-e3956dc04208/  Roth, M. (2005). The Left Stuff: How the Left Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World. M. Evans & Company. Rothman, L. (2015, August 13). Left-handed history: When lefties were first accepted. Time. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://time.com/3978951/lefties-history/  Valdez, A. (2021, April 15). Alabama ranks second in the nation for Worst Places to Live. WDHN. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.wdhn.com/news/alabama-ranks-second-in-the-nation-for-worst-places-to-live/  Valentin, N. (2020, May 29). The long history of left-handed persecution. Medium. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-long-history-of-left-handed-persecution-7e1f493266f2  Sound Clips: Marjorie Taylor Greene Spews Hateful Garbage: https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1511504578423963655 The Backward Snail Just Wants to Find Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX2YQDPRZyM