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Why is the left hand considered unclean?

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i'm left handed

my son is a lefty but he hasn't experienced any negative reactions to that so far - actually, we were really all preparing for that before moving here; but we were instead shocked by how little people actually commented on his left handedness.

on a related note, i've just written another post about a store i've found that sells supplies for left handed people. the place is already mentioned on this forum under various piercing and tattoo threads. it's called 4 leaf clover (their site is 4leafclover.ae in case you'd like to check it out).

with the passage of time the mindset is changing. however in older times, aside from many other reasons the left hand was used to wash the behind. so imagine eating with that hand?