However, the frequency of left-handedness does not exceed 30% in any traditional society, which suggests that the environment does not play such an important role in the determination after all (Faurie, 2004 ). What convinced me was that different environments today have such different perspectives on lefties. The environment may not cause left-handedness, but it still tends to shape how left-handed people are perceived. In some Islamic countries there are laws against using the left hand in public (Mandel, 1999). Basically it is said that the right hand is meant for eating and the left hand is used for removing