Re: Pronouns & sexual

Sai Emrys wrote:

> quoting Paul Kershaw:
>> * Handedness is not as silly as it sounds: We have several words
>> for "right" that have come to mean something positive (dexterity,
>> right, adroit), and several words for "left" that have a negative
>> meaning (sinister, gauche). For much of European history, left-
>> handedness was seen as evil, and children were encouraged or even
>> forced to do things right-handed.
>
> Middle Eastern cultures also have this taboo, for scatological
> reasons.
You mean, they think the right hand is better for wiping?

LEF

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