Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Previously Published Work
Public Domain Images
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Lived Experience of the Left
Introduction: What Is Handedness?
The Hand: Morphology and Function
Phenomenological Method
Lived Space and Lived Body
Maximal Grip
The Structure of This Book
References
Chapter 2: A Phenomenology of Handedness
Introduction
The Hand Use Model
Functionality
Frequency
Dominance
Choice
Phenomenological Method Applied to Handedness
Evaluation of HUM

Objections
Objection 1: The Case Is an Outlier Not Relevant to the General Concept of Handedness
Objection 2: Bad Faith and the Like
Objection 3: Reconfiguring Self-assessment
Objection 4: Corruption Is Inevitable
Objection 5: Biased Results Are Useful
Objection 6: Self-reports Are Inaccurate
Objection 7: Quotidian Results Matter More
Objection 8: Malleability of Use and Feeling
From Hand Use to Spatial Orientation
References
Chapter 3: Act Like a Right-Hander: Right Hand Bias in Norms of Proximate Space Inhabitation
Introduction

The Phenomena: Left and Right-Handed Body Comportments
Handedness as Spatial Orientation
Dexteronorms and Their Basis in Dexterocentric Constructions of Proximate Space
Frontward Space
Rightward Space
Either Hand in Lateral Space
Misfitting
References
Chapter 4: The Phenomenology of Asymmetry and Distinguishing Left and Right
Introduction
The Problems of Left-Right Directional Orientation
The Roles of Science and Phenomenology
A Phenomenology of Asymmetry: The Starting Point
Phenomenology of Asymmetry
Merleau-Ponty in Phenomenology of Perception

Todes in Body and World
Casey in Getting Back into Place
Morris in the Sense of Space
Summary of the Phenomenology of Asymmetry
The Phenomenological Answer to the Three Problems of Distinguishing Left and Right and the Way Forward for a Biology of Bodily Orientation
References
Chapter 5: Throwing Like a Left-Hander: Impacts of Handedness on Athletic Performance
Introduction
How Common Is Left-Handed Throwing?
Where Are the Left-Handed Players? Part 1: NFL Football
Where Are the Left-Handed Players? Part 2: NBA Basketball

Where Are the Left-Handed Players? Part 3: Fencing
Where Are the Left-Handed Players? Part 4: Major League Baseball
How to be a Left-Handed Quarterback
How to be a Left-Handed Basketball Player
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Sexism Caught Right-Handed: The Norms of Intersecting Gender and Handedness Theory (NIGHT)
Introduction
"Non-Right-Handed Non-Heterosexuals?": A Note on Populations and Terms
Gender Norms: Masculine and Feminine Body Comportments
Handedness Norms: Dexteronormativity
Norms of Intersecting Gender and Handedness Theory (NIGHT)
Applying NIGHT