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    How many of you are left-handed, and what do you think of the following fascinating post

    from AOL.com? For you righties who know lefties, what do you think? http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living-pictures/little-known-facts-about-lefthanders.aspx?xid=aol_eh-news_8_20111205_&aolcat=HLT#/slide-1

    +1  Views: 1094 Answers: 5 Posted: 12 years ago
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    That,s a wierd one, my daughter is a "leftie" she,s the only one in the entire family, don,t know where it came from but it was apparent at walking stage that she was a "leftie", she,s never had any problems with it except her handwriting is absolutely ridiculous

    Clonge

    I'm a lefty also; nobody in my immediate family is. Out of my 20 sum-odd first cousins, 5 that I know of, are lefties.
    matheneyg

    Hey your rare that makes you special

    My youngest son is left handed, he is the only one in my family, my brother in law is also ( wifes brother).

    I am a lefty... And I am dyslexic... Interesting !


    There was a shop in Boston called the Lefty Shop... you could buy all kinds of thing that the world never markets for lefties... My favorite was the measuring cup!

    matheneyg

    I got all kind of left handed tools in my tool box I know what ya mean

    I am Deslexic and what you would call ampidextric ! wierd a !!!

    Apparently male homosexuals are 30% more likely to be left handed than straights and lesbians 90% more likely to be lefties than straight women.

    Colleen

    Moderator
    Whoops, maybe not. Apparently the studies can't agree with each other.

    Mustanski et al., 2002 study
    Mustanski et al. examined sexual orientation and hand preference in a sample of 382 men (205 heterosexual; 177 homosexual) and 354 women (149 heterosexual; 205 homosexual). Although homosexual women were found to be significantly more left-handed than heterosexual women (18% vs 10%),
    >>>> no significant differences were found between heterosexual and homosexual men with respect to hand preference. <<<<<<<

    Lippa, 2003 study
    Lippa examined sexual orientation and handedness in a sample of 812 men (351 heterosexual; 461 homosexual) and 1189 women (707 heterosexual; 472 homosexual). Homosexual men were 82% more likely to be left-handed than heterosexual men, but
    >>>>> no significant differences were found between heterosexual and homosexual women in terms of handedness. <<<<<<<
    eggplant

    How about that, my son is a leftie and he's not gay.
    nomdeplume

    That's what he tells you, eggy.


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