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'''Safehand''' is an [[Alethi]] term for a female's left hand. According to [[Vorin]] cultural tradition, it is obscene for a woman to leave her safehand uncovered. Upper class women adhere to this tradition by wearing a sleeve that covers their left hand loosely.{{book ref|twok|3}} Often the sleeve has a safepouch sewn on the inside for women to store personal objects.{{book ref|twok|3}} It is considered extremely rude to open another woman's safepouch.{{book ref|twok|39}} Lower class women wear a glove so they can use both hands freely,{{book ref|twok|3}}{{book ref|twok|6}} as do for example [[Thaylen]] women{{book ref|twok|8}}{{book ref|twok|i|4}} and prostitutes provocatively wear no covering at all on their safehand.{{book ref|twok|46}} |
'''Safehand''' is an [[Alethi]] term for a female's left hand. According to [[Vorin]] cultural tradition, it is obscene for a woman to leave her safehand uncovered. Upper class women adhere to this tradition by wearing a sleeve that covers their left hand loosely.{{book ref|twok|3}} Often the sleeve has a safepouch sewn on the inside for women to store personal objects.{{book ref|twok|3}} It is considered extremely rude to open another woman's safepouch.{{book ref|twok|39}} Lower class women wear a glove so they can use both hands freely,{{book ref|twok|3}}{{book ref|twok|6}} as do for example [[Thaylen]] women{{book ref|twok|8}}{{book ref|twok|i|4}} and prostitutes provocatively wear no covering at all on their safehand.{{book ref|twok|46}} |
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In an interview, [[Brandon Sanderson]] stated that the tradition derives in part from "a famous book written by an artist who claimed that true feminine pursuits and arts were those that could be performed with one hand, while masculine arts were those performed with two hands, in a way associating delicacy with women and brute force with men." {{qa ref|697|2|What is the reasoning behind safehands?|date=Dec, 2010}} |
In an interview, [[Brandon Sanderson]] stated that the tradition derives in part from "a famous book written by an artist who claimed that true feminine pursuits and arts were those that could be performed with one hand, while masculine arts were those performed with two hands, in a way associating delicacy with women and brute force with men." {{qa ref|697|2|What is the reasoning behind safehands?|date=Dec, 2010}} |
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Safehand is an Alethi term for a female's left hand. According to Vorin cultural tradition, it is obscene for a woman to leave her safehand uncovered. Upper class women adhere to this tradition by wearing a sleeve that covers their left hand loosely.[1] Often the sleeve has a safepouch sewn on the inside for women to store personal objects.[1] It is considered extremely rude to open another woman's safepouch.[2] Lower class women wear a glove so they can use both hands freely,[1][3] as do for example Thaylen women[4][5] and prostitutes provocatively wear no covering at all on their safehand.[6]
Trivia
In an interview, Brandon Sanderson stated that the tradition derives in part from "a famous book written by an artist who claimed that true feminine pursuits and arts were those that could be performed with one hand, while masculine arts were those performed with two hands, in a way associating delicacy with women and brute force with men." [7]