Eli5: Why is it almost impossible to use scissors with your less dexterous hand, especially for cutting items such as plastics and rubber?

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Eli5: Why is it almost impossible to use scissors with your less dexterous hand, especially for cutting items such as plastics and rubber?

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It’s not nearly impossible at all, really, you just have to apply pressure to the handles to keep the blades in friction & depending on the type of scissors (i.e. left vs right -handed design) you need to adjust accordingly… most people are right handed and are familiar with scissors designed for the right hand, so the effort often feels intuitive or natural – you just squeeze. Left handed people are likely used to things designed for righties, and therefore are used to pushing the handles away from each other while closing them to make a clean cut with common, righty-designed, scissors.

Hope that helps.