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How many of you are left-handed, and what do you think of the following fascinating post

from AOL.com? For you righties who know lefties, what do you think? http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living-pictures/little-known-facts-about-lefthanders.aspx?xid=aol_eh-news_8_20111205_&aolcat=HLT#/slide-1

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+1 Views: 1076 Answers: 5 Posted: 12 years ago

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ROMOS

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That,s a wierd one, my daughter is a "leftie" she,s the only one in the entire family, don,t know where it came from but it was apparent at walking stage that she was a "leftie", she,s never had any problems with it except her handwriting is absolutely ridiculous

12 years ago. Rating: 3
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Clonge

I'm a lefty also; nobody in my immediate family is. Out of my 20 sum-odd first cousins, 5 that I know of, are lefties.

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matheneyg

Hey your rare that makes you special

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sunnyB

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My youngest son is left handed, he is the only one in my family, my brother in law is also ( wifes brother).

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Jenn

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I am a lefty... And I am dyslexic... Interesting !

There was a shop in Boston called the Lefty Shop... you could buy all kinds of thing that the world never markets for lefties... My favorite was the measuring cup!

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matheneyg

I got all kind of left handed tools in my tool box I know what ya mean

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melandrupert

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I am Deslexic and what you would call ampidextric ! wierd a !!!

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nomdeplume

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Apparently male homosexuals are 30% more likely to be left handed than straights and lesbians 90% more likely to be lefties than straight women.

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Colleen

Whoops, maybe not. Apparently the studies can't agree with each other.

Mustanski et al., 2002 study
Mustanski et al. examined sexual orientation and hand preference in a sample of 382 men (205 heterosexual; 177 homosexual) and 354 women (149 heterosexual; 205 homosexual). Although homosexual women were found to be significantly more left-handed than heterosexual women (18% vs 10%),
>>>> no significant differences were found between heterosexual and homosexual men with respect to hand preference. <<<<<<<

Lippa, 2003 study
Lippa examined sexual orientation and handedness in a sample of 812 men (351 heterosexual; 461 homosexual) and 1189 women (707 heterosexual; 472 homosexual). Homosexual men were 82% more likely to be left-handed than heterosexual men, but
>>>>> no significant differences were found between heterosexual and homosexual women in terms of handedness. <<<<<<<

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eggplant

How about that, my son is a leftie and he's not gay.

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nomdeplume

That's what he tells you, eggy.

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