WHY DO MEN'S CLOTHES HAVE BUTTONS ON THE RIGHT AND WOMEN'S ON THE LEFT?
This custom began for practical purposes. Since most people are right-handed it's easier to push a button through its hole with the right hand. Thus, men's clothes have buttons on the right side.
But when clothes with buttons were first introduced, women who could afford to buy them were dressed by servants. Since the servant would be facing the woman, the buttons were put on the servant's right side, which of course is the woman's left side.
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