The article gives two explanations: women had servants to help them get dressed and men didn’t, and men had to be able to draw a sword from their right hip without it getting stuck in clothes.

I find neither explanation very convincing.

It wasn’t universally true that women had servants and men didn’t. That may have been true for a specific time and social class, but poor women definitely didn’t have servants; they were the servants. And kings and high nobles did have servants to help them get dressed. Sometimes it was an entire formal ritual.

Does being right handed matter? I’m left-handed, and I have no problem buttoning my shirt. It’s really more a matter of what you’re used to than which hand is dominant.

I find sword drawing slightly more convincing, at least if you look at the military uniforms of 200 years ago. Sables were still common, at least among officers and cavalry. And those uniforms definitely had buttons.

But then why would women have the opposite?

Exactly. Money as a tool is fine. You need a way to pay for stuff. It’s the love of money, money as a goal in itself, far beyond what you’ll ever need to live, that’s the problem.

There are absolutely things that are more ethical than others. Absolute statements like that are unhelpful. Fairphone is not perfect, but a lot more ethical than the alternatives.

It’s the love of money that’s the root of all evil, according to Jesus, but yeah, that’s the driving force behind capitalism.

Sites need to stop using recaptcha. It’s an unnecessary barrier to using a site and I often refuse out of principle.