Difference between revisions of "Safehand"

'''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.{{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 wear a glove so they can use both hands freely,{{book ref|twok|3}}{{book ref|twok|6}} as do for example [[Thaylen]] women.{{book ref|twok|8}}{{book ref|twok|i|4}} and prostitutesProstitutes provocatively wear no covering at all on their safehand.{{book ref|twok|46}} Some prostitutes 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}}