Day of the left hand: why is it celebrated every August 13th

This Tuesday, August 13, the Zurdera Day is celebrated around the world. The commemoration has a specific purpose: to make known the difficulties encountered by people who write and preferably use the left side of the body and help them reduce these disadvantages in a world where right-handed people are thought.

American Dean Campbell called for the day to be celebrated in 1976, when many left-handed children were still forced to write or manipulate objects with their right hands.

13% of the world

It is estimated that 13% of the world's population is left-handed. The reason? The brain determines which side of the body is dominant in an individual.

Hereditary

Genes are thought to have a lot to do with the fact that a person is left handed. It is very likely that if someone is left-handed, their children will be too.

More left-handed than left-handed

The southpaw is more common in men than in women.

Famous left-handed

The list of left-handers who have made history is huge. To name but a few: Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Chaplin, Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert de Niro, Neil Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Diego Armando Maradona.

In sports

In sports such as football, boxing and tennis, left-handers have advantages. Indeed, being a minority and they have a habit of playing against right-handers, this gives them an experience that rights do not usually have against left-handers.

In sports such as polo and hockey, it is forbidden to use the left hand. At the pole, it is forbidden to enter the tail with the left because the horses are trained and used to be placed on the right side.

Exclusive store

In London is the world's first store of exclusive products for left-handed people. She calls Anything Left-Handed and sells left handed scissors, watches, t-shirts and pens.