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   Callisto (callisto@disabled.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 00:54:16 JST Callisto

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   @nilsskirnir @GutterPoetry @Remittancegirl @murdoc @Profpatsch @DarkAthena @johnnyprofane1 @bmacDonald94 @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd It's the same as the "increase" in left-handedness. https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/11/08/rate-of-left-handedness-in-the-us-stigma-society/ When public education began and more kids learned to write, their dominant hand became apparent in a way that it wasn't before ... and then was quickly suppressed. People were literally beaten for writing with their left hands. The increase is in acceptance, not incidence.

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     Paul (Tex) Hewson (texhewson@datasci.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 00:59:16 JST Paul (Tex) Hewson

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     • Madeleine Morris
     • Bill
     • Nils Skirnir
     • Johnny Profane Âû
     • Beady Belle Fanchannel
     • Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻
     • SnarkAthena 💙🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻
     • GutterPoetry

     @callisto @nilsskirnir @GutterPoetry @Remittancegirl @murdoc @Profpatsch @DarkAthena @johnnyprofane1 @bmacDonald94 @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd I can definitely comment on that one. Catholic schools in the 1970s were very worried about me being left handed (I won't joke here about it being a sign of satanic possesion but a very young me was definitely frightened out of using my left hand). So I should be left handed, but was forced not to be.