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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 3, 2014 2:21 PM UTC  Love Love Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 3, 2014 2:21 PM UTC Life can be pretty tough for left-handed people. For example, they can’t use those those university classroom [desks](http://www.trippapparel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/enhanced-buzz-28273-1342213743-4.jpg) and they struggle with everyday devices like can openers. Apparently, though, left-handed people ultimately prevail over their right-handed counterparts because they have better sex. According to a recent [survey](http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/lefthanded-people-have-better-sex-says-lelo-2014-global-sex-survey/story-fnet0gt3-1226873309332), lefties are 71% more satisfied in the sack than righties. Of the 10,000 people surveyed, 86% of left-handed people reported being “Extremely Satisfied” with their sex lives, compared to just 15% of righties. Just 15%! Too bad, so sad. It’s hard to say exactly why lefties are more fulfilled, but we assume it’s because while righties are off doing things that are engineered for righties — like using desks or playing video games or opening cans — lefties are off perfecting _other_ skills. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48162/left-handed-people-have-better-sex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48162/left-handed-people-have-better-sex/"},"headline":"Left-Handed People Have Better Sex, Study Finds","datePublished":"2014-04-03T14:21:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:27.668Z","description":"We foresee a line of \"Lefties do it better\" t-shirts debuting soon","url":"https://time.com/48162/left-handed-people-have-better-sex/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","Sex","relationships","Studies","Science topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bc25546ad9211df/698688aae8524b5cfd6022b0/453221523.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bc25546ad9211df/698688aae8524b5cfd6022b0/453221523.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Couple feet","caption":"Couple feet","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/48162/left-handed-people-have-better-sex/","name":"Left-Handed People Have Better Sex, Study Finds"}}]}] ```