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The'''Safehand''' safehandis what thean [[Alethi]] callterm for a female's left hand. thatAccording to [[Vorin]] cultural tradition, it is obscene whenfor lefta uncovered, accordingwoman to theirleave [[Vorin]]her culturalsafehand traditionuncovered. Upper class women adhere to the safehandthis tradition most faithfully,by wearing a sleeve that covers their left hand loosely. LowerOften class women wear a glove so they can use both hands freely, and prostitutes provocatively wear no glove on their safehand. Thethe sleeve has a safepouch sewn on the inside for women to store personal objects. It is considered extremely unacceptablerude to open another woman's safepouch. In anLower interview,class Sandersonwomen statedwear that the tradition derives in part from "a famousglove bookso writtenthey bycan anuse artistboth whohands claimed that true feminine pursuitsfreely, and artsprostitutes wereprovocatively thosewear thatno couldcovering beat performedall withon onetheir hand, while masculine arts were those performed with two hands, in a way associating delicacy with women and brute force with mensafehand." <ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/446239-q-a-with-brandon-sanderson-way-of-kings Goodreads Interview]</ref>
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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." <ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/446239-q-a-with-brandon-sanderson-way-of-kings Goodreads Interview]</ref>
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