Difference between revisions of "Safehand"

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|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]

'''Safehand''' is an [[Alethi]] term for a female's left hand. According to [[Vorin]] cultural tradition, it is improper for a woman to leave her safehand uncovered.{{wob ref|12977}} 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 and women of non-Vorin or only nominally Vorin countries, such as [[Thaylen]]{{book ref|twok|8}}{{book ref|twok|i|4}} women, wear a glove so they can use both hands freely.{{book ref|twok|3}}{{book ref|twok|6}} Prostitutes often wear no covering at all{{book ref|twok|46}} or will wear fingerless gloves on their safehands in order to be provocative and show others who they are before being hired out.{{book ref|sa2|45}}