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From: thau@h-sc1.UUCP (robert thau)
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Subject: Re: Left vs right brains
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> > Does anyone know why (historically and currently) women's shirts button
> > right over left and men's button left over right (or is it vice versa)?
> > Why make the thing differently depending on who is supposed to wear it?
> 
> A possible explanation comes from the biology of the brain. 
> 
> The human brain is functionally divided into two lateral parts...
> 
> Statistically, most WOMEN are RIGHT-BRAINED (ie. the right part of
> their brain is more developed than the left part), while most 
> MEN are LEFT-BRAINED...

Handedness seems to me to be a lot more relevant that 'brainedness'
(whatever that means), and a majority of both sexes are right-handed.

Robert Thau
rst@tardis.ARPA
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