August 13th: The Day of Left-handers

August 13th is internationally known as Left-handers Day. Beginning in 1976, the day aims to highlight problems that left-handed people face day-to-day living in, what is termed, a 'predominantly right-handed world'.
   Left handed people make up 7-10% of the world’s population, and some would say they are forced to live their lives according to the ease of the right-handed. I must say that when I discovered the existence of such a commemorative day for lefties, I did not at first think this was serious. 

'Left Handers Have Their Day'

   But it cannot be denied that life for the majority of the world has been made easier for the right-handed, as this takes up the majority. Left-handed scissors, left-handed pens and other leftie-friendly items have been designed to help those living life on the left. But do you think it should stop there? Should the word ‘equality’ stretch to hands, alongside gender, race, age, etc? Or do you think this is going too far, and it is unnecessary to make special allowances?