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Subject: Re: [DisTexters] Handedness in fiction

> About handedness, there have been studies which show that early man was
> left-handed, during the Greco-Roman time - shifted towards right-handed,
> and by the Dark Ages, right handedness was the dominant trait. So any
> fiction set during Xena's time would left and right handers evenly
> divided.

Is handedness genetically or socially determined?

> As for left-handedness, because the modern world is structured toward
> right-handedness, the lefties die younger from accidents. However, in
> during the recent U.S. elections, most of the Presidential candidates and
> Presidents were lefties -- Bush (both), Clinton, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.
> They were tall too. Maybe being tall and left-handed is a requirement
> for being U.S. President. ;)

I thought that Bush junior wasn't, though his father is left handed,
and that the other 3 primary candidates (McCain, Gore, the other
democrat candidate) were left-handed.

> The only historical recorded lefty of Xena's time is Caesar, Julius
> Caesar.

I guess Carl didn't get that detail right either. :P

> Yours in left handedness,
> Virginia Carper

Andjam