Difference between revisions of "Safehand"

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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.{{ref|b|twok|c|3}} Often the sleeve has a safepouch sewn on the inside for women to store personal objects.{{ref|b|twok|c|3}} It is considered extremely rude to open another woman's safepouch.{{ref|b|twok|c|39}} Lower class women wear a glove so they can use both hands freely,{{ref|b|twok|c|3}}{{ref|b|twok|c|6}} as do for example [[Thaylen]] women{{ref|b|twok|c|8}}{{ref|b|twok|i|4}} and prostitutes provocatively wear no covering at all on their safehand.{{ref|b|twok|c|46}}