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I don't know why they are different in western societies, but I do know why the male's clothes fasten the way they did. In a society of right handed people, warriors carried their sword on their left hip. If they pulled it out and the hilt snagged in the buttons, he could end up dead. So the overlap was made left over right.
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Why do men and womens belts fasten on opposite sides?
blame the kings and queens for that one, back in midevil times, the kings dressed themselves, the queens and princesses were dressed by servants, usually male. therefore the male buttons, zips, and belts on the right, for the right handed, while the womens is always to the left, because it would be the right hand of the male servent dressing her.
Why do men and womens clothes have buttons on opposite sides?
Some think it is because women used to be dressed by others therefore the sides were reversed.
Why do men and womens shirts button on opposite sides?
It goes back in time when wealthy people had butlers, and maids to help them to dress: men normally dressed themselves but ladies had other women to help them dress and women naturally had clothing buttons reversed to help maids clothe them. And, the tradition continues to this day with the reversed buttons on women's clothing.
4 sides opposite sides are equal opposite sides are parallel?
paramid
What we mean by opposite sides?
They are the sides facing each other at opposite sides.
What shape has 4 sides Opposite sides are congruent Opposite sides are parallel Opposite angles are congruent?
rectangle
What is special about the opposite sides and Opposite angles of a parallelogram?
Opposite sides are parallel.Opposite sides are congruent.Opposite angles are congruent.
What is an opposite sides of a parallelogram?
The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel
Are the opposite sides of a heptagon equal?
A heptagon has seven sides so there are no pairs of opposite sides.
What is a parallelogran?
Parallelogram opposite sides are congruent opposite sides parallel
What is quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and opposite sides congruent?
parellelagram
Are parallelogram has opposite sides?
A parallelogram has opposite equal parallel sides
