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From: ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless)
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Subject: Re: Left vs right brains
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 23:25:38 EST
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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...

Another explanation for the difference in shirts is that it is easier
for a woman holding a child to button her blouse with the present 
arrangement of buttons.  Also, many historical traditions have biblical
roots.  Under the law of the Lord, it is forbidden for a man to wear
a woman's clothes or a woman to wear a man's clothes.  Clothing makers
were no doubt aware that the sexes WANTED different looking clothing,
and so made shirts significantly different for each sex.