I am a left-handed person and my major cause of concern is the social and cultural reprove 'leftist' get from their society. I have asked couple of friends why they think the use of the left hand which is also called the 'southpaw' is bad. None of them gave a tangible reason why the dominant use of the left hand is bad. I believe after reading the positives about lefties below, you will stop prejudicing against and start embracing the natural use of that hand.

Here however, I’ve put together a list of 15 interesting left handed facts, from the funny to the weird and everything in between. Though, some of these fact might not be the whole truth or varies in individuals.


1. Being left handed is an advantage in many sports. You might just come out ahead in athletics if you’re a lefty. Since most players are right handed, many are unused to dealing with those who are left handed. Take baseball for instance. Southpaws have the advantage of already facing first base when they’re at bat, can more easily keep an eye on first base when pitching and can cover a large amount of the field when playing in the outfield by having their glove in their right hand. There are specially designed left-handed baseball gloves available (worn on the right hand so you can throw left-handed). Other sports that offer an advantage to lefties are fencing,
boxing and tennis.

2. Lefties have a greater chance of being a genius- or having a high IQ. Researchers aren’t sure why,
but those who are left handed seem to make up a
disproportionately large part of those who are highly intelligent. Some think this genius stems from being forced to use both sides of the brain more often, allowing these individuals to more easily process a large amount of information.

3. Left handed men may make more money. All that genius has to lead to something, right? According to
studies, left handed males who have gone to college earn 13 percent more than their right handed counterparts. The causes of this difference are unknown, but the gap is statistically significant
enough that its not a simple anomaly.

4. Left handed people adjust more easily to seeing underwater. Bizarre as it may sound, one of the
benefits of being left handed is being able to adjust more easily to see the world around you when you’re underwater.

5. One of the advantages of being left-handed is that it
forces your brain to think more quickly. Researchers found that conversations between the left and
right sides of the brain happen more quickly in left handed people.The more dominant the left
handedness is, the better these abilities are.

6. Some left-handed individuals have better memories. While it isn’t true for all who are left handed, data from recent studies suggests that
those who come from families of lefties tend to have better memories, though only of the episodic kind.


7. Left handed stroke victims recover faster than right handed stroke victims . While the reasons behind
this aren’t entirely clear, some believe it’s due to left handed people having to strengthen both sides of the brain when navigating a right handed world. Because
many lefties are better able to use their non-dominant hand, it is easier for them to recover from a stroke that damages one part of their brain

8. Left-handed people are likely to be more visual than language-based, making them ideal for artistic
pursuits. If you want to be an artist this is an amazing benefit, putting you in the likes of greats like Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Rembrandt.

9. Twice as likely to be a man. Means in every three leftist picked, two are quite likely to be men.

10. Celebrate left handed day once a year –
August 13th – International Left
Handers Day.

11. Of the seven most recent U.S Presidents, 4 have been left handed.

12. On a QWERTY keyboard there are 1447 English words typed solely with the left hand, whilst only 187 are typed with the right hand.

13. Have an easier time writing in Hebrew. Many Arabic languages, including Hebrew are written from right to left.

14. Less able to roll their tongue than a righty. Tongue rolling is somehow hard to do for people with dominant left hand.

15. Generally, lefties are better at playing video games. Some of the traits that make lefties better
thinkers and multitaskers also make them better at playing video games.



Sources: http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/being-lh/lh-info/advantages.html#sthash.J09r3itj.dpbs, http://leftyfretz.com/25-facts-about-left-handed-people/

But in summary....

Drabeey:
But in summary....

Try and read don't be lazy

Interesting read