Riddle of the Day
Around 90 per cent of the world’s population is right-handed, and it is easier for right-handers to button shirts from the right. So why do women’s garments button from the left while men’s clohtes button from the right? Is it some sort of subtle sexism?
There actually is an answer … can you figure it out without looking it up?
March 30th, 2008 at 10:40 pm EST
It is from the times when ladies had maids. They helped them get dressed - so it was the right direction for the maids! Lisa
March 31st, 2008 at 11:07 am EST
Nope. If you are a right-handed swordsman, you need the left to unfasten your coat while you draw with your right. That is also why a gentleman escorts a lady on his left arm, in case he has to draw to defend her honor.
Funny how people forget that civilization is actually built on respect for what other people can do to you if they are irritated. Of course, in this age, that is antiquated, since civilized people wage war with attorneys. In which case you need your right hand free to fill out the check. The pen is mightier than the sword after all.
To quote Uncle Joe Stalin, “All political power proceeds from the muzzle of a gun.” I doubt his originality in that thought, but it is accurate. Substitute rock, club, sharp stick, sharp rock, knife, real big knife, etc in that order, somewhat, and you have charted the progress of civilization. All the way up to the lawsuit, and don’t get me started on zippers.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pm EST
are zippers right handed?
i was going to say because it was easier for someone else to undress you as well…then i thought about it for more than 2 seconds and decided it was because fashionable women of the past made of use persuasion saying they are right more than men. men revolted against the idea and made their clothing in such and such manner. or is it more logical than that?
could it just be because we need something to tell the difference between mens clothing and womens in an effeminate fashion world?