VIDEO: Different tools left-handers have to use
The 13th of August is Left-Handers Day, and it's easy to forget that 10% of the world is not right-handed.
For a long time, left-handers have been made to feel like there was something wrong with them.
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Many older generations have spoken about the methods that were used to "encourage" them to use their right hands instead of their left hands.
Luckily, there is much less pressure for left-handers to feel like they need to change their behaviour.
There is even an official Left-Handers Club that provide context and history about Left-Handers Day.
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According to them, "On 13th August 1992 the Club launched International Left-Handers Day, an annual event when left-handers everywhere can celebrate their sinistrality and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. This event is now celebrated worldwide, and in the U.K. alone there have been more than 20 regional events to mark the day in recent years – including left-v-right sports matches and a left-handed tea party."
That doesn't mean that the world has become any more left-hander-friendly.
There is still a struggle to find tools, stationery, and other things that are made specifically for left-handers.
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Those who are right-handed probably never consider the struggle that comes with not being able to use certain things because it just doesn't work.
The video below puts some of this into perspective:
Everyone on the Drive team is right-handed so they were put to the test.
They had to draw using only their left hand and this is what they came up with:
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