Answer:
Bias against left-handed people is a bias or design that is usually unfavorable against people who are left-handed. Handwriting is one of the biggest sources of disadvantage for left-handed people, other than for those forced to work with certain machinery. About 90 percent of the world's population is right-handed, and many common articles are designed for efficient use by right-handed people and may be inconvenient, painful, or even dangerous for left-handed people to use. These may include school desks, kitchen implements, and tools ranging from simple scissors to hazardous machinery such as power saws.
Because most people are right-handed, most everyday items are mass-produced for ease of use with the right hand. Tools, game equipment, musical instruments, and other items must be specially ordered for left-handed use if they are even produced and are usually more expensive than their right-handed counterparts. At least one specialty store sells only left-handed items.
Here is a list of products that are hard to use against left-handed people:
1. School Desks
Remember those desks we sat in at school? Guess who they were made for? Yep. Right-handed people. If we didn’t pass all our exams, it was probably because of the awkward way we had to sit and write in those desks.
2. Three-Ring Binders And Notebooks
Ever try using a three-ring binder or a spiral notebook as a left-handed person? Not easy, is it? Spirals making indentations in our left hand?! No thank you! Believe us, we feel your pain!
3. Cameras
If you think about your camera’s photo-taking button, where is it? Yep. On the right! In fact, a lot of the most-used buttons are on that side!
4. Car Cup Holders
Unless you’re sitting in the passenger seat, cup holders are generally not made for left-handed drivers. Though more and more cars have cup holders throughout the vehicle these days. Still, this should become standard for every vehicle, just to make it fair for the left-handed population.
5. Credit Card Swipers
We know—when will they make a credit card swiper for left-handed people?!
6. Coffee Mugs
Do you know those mugs with the messages written inside that become revealed once you start sipping? Good luck reading them if you’re left-handed.
7. Can Opener
Think about it. If you’re left-handed, when’s the last time you successfully used a can opener (which was made for right-handed people)? Exactly!
8. Scissors
Especially when you were a kid, how hard was it to cut things out at school when the teacher distributed right-handed scissors to everyone? Or when your parents were buying you school supplies and couldn’t find you a pair of left-handed scissors anywhere? Thankfully, they’re easier to get your hands on now, but that doesn’t mean many a leftie didn’t struggle for years prior.
9. Ice Cream Scooper
We left the sweetest for last, since it may make you want to grab a scoop (or two…or three) of ice cream when you’re done reading this. After all, you deserve it! But seriously, why are so many ice cream scoopers made only for right-handed people?