Quote Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Prior to a century to a half century ago, all left handed children were forced to use their right hand. It was seen as a bad thing, to have a left handed children and parents would make sure their children were right handed whether they really were or not. Forcing a left handed person to be right handed had negative effects on the brain and the interaction between hemispheres though. This could cause minor mental problems.
So that applied to the ancients too? I always thought it was just a christian thing, because the bible saying something about jesus putting the bad sheep on his left side or something like that. But then again, the bible was written in ancient times, and that was just a metaphor... it all makes sense to me now.