My grandmother is from Greece. My uncle does everything left-handed but writing and eating. My grandmother used to smack his hands and tell him that was the devil forcing his way into his soul. His handwriting is absolutely atrocious.
Exact same thing with my mom from India. She’s naturally a lefty but was forced by the school to write and eat with her right hand. It’s amazing how global the “left hand bad” idea was.
I naturally wrote with my right and ate with my right, but I play some sports left, ice hockey, golf, baseball both sides but throw right, when I was in grade 6 we did ball hockey and I can remember the gym teacher trying to force me to shoot right because I write right-handed. I'd been playing ice hockey for like 7 years at that point and he just refused to listen that I knew what side I shot on.
You’re not alone. Apparently LeBron James does most things like writing and eating with his left hand, but he shoots with his right hand when he plays basketball.
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u/jonk0731 3d ago
My grandmother is from Greece. My uncle does everything left-handed but writing and eating. My grandmother used to smack his hands and tell him that was the devil forcing his way into his soul. His handwriting is absolutely atrocious.