uncovered left hands

[lefthand]

upvote if you like seeing left hands

[Niteshado he/him]

this just sounds..weird. 

[I think I am here. he/him]

Don’t tell anyone this... but one day I saw someone’s left hand! 

Don’t tell anyone, but it looked just like their right hand!

(Also, nice username)

[Ashertliden]

The vorin church has unanimously decided to excommunicate you, blasphemer. 

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

Well, I'm left-handed, so...

[King Cole he/him]

1 hour ago, Firerust said:

Well, I'm left-handed, so...

Interesting, tell me more 

[Weltall]

...well then, I'll go to Damnation! xD

Welcome to the Shard!

[Surgemancer he/him]

My inner Vorin trembles at your blasphemy

[Silva]

Welcome to Shard!

And I am a big supporter of seeing left-hands - the extra fabric is such a bother.

[Zallant she/her]

I agree with Silva.

I still don't understand why the Vorin church did that.

[Ashertliden]

Quote

Jon

Did I miss the explanation for why women have a safe hand and why they must keep it covered?

Brandon Sanderson

No, you haven't missed it. People have asked about this. There will be more explanation in-world as it comes along, but it's for much the same reason that in some cultures in our world you don't show people the bottoms of your feet, and in other cultures showing the top of your head is offensive. It's part of what has grown out of the Vorin culture, and there are reasons for it. One of them has to do with a famous book written by an artist who claimed that true feminine pursuits and arts were those that could be performed with one hand, while masculine arts were those performed with two hands, in a way associating delicacy with women and brute force with men. Some people in Roshar disagree with this idea, but the custom has grown out of that foundational work on masculine and feminine arts. That's where that came from. One aspect of this is that women began to paint one-handed and do things one-handed in upper, higher society. You'll notice that the lower classes don't pay a lot of attention to it—they'll just wear a glove.As a student of human nature and of anthropology, it fascinates me how some cultures create one thing as being taboo whereas in another culture, the same thing can be very much not taboo. It's just what we do as people.There's more to it than that, but that will stand for now.

This is a given reason. @Diamondbolt

Edited October 15, 2018 by Kal-Eldin

[Vogelsang he/him]

In Literature, I saw a woman writing with her uncovered left hand. Just before I exclaimed blasphemy, I realized that I, a male, was writing, and I'm not even an ardent. But knowing that this is wrong in the first place comes from the fact that I read the Stormlight Archives, and reading is, like writing, not a male art! The entire world I live on and even I myself have lived against Vorin ideals for far too long! How will we stop this madness?! Wait, no, I'm writing once again!

[Vogelsang he/him]

On 10/3/2018 at 7:45 PM, Firerust said:

Well, I'm left-handed, so...

Take a lefty high five, fellow lefty!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the double post.

Edited October 15, 2018 by Ladrian

[Pagliacci he/him]

Hello, fellow lefthanders and welcome to the Shard!

8 minutes ago, Ladrian said:

In Literature, I saw a woman writing with her uncovered left hand. Just before I exclaimed blasphemy, I realized that I, a male, was writing, and I'm not even an ardent. But knowing that this is wrong in the first place comes from the fact that I read the Stormlight Archives, and reading is, like writing, not a male art! The entire world I live on and even I myself have lived against Vorin ideals for far too long! How will we stop this madness?! Wait, no, I'm writing once again!

I fear we may never break the cycle.