Why do men button from the right and women from the left?

Part of the reason for the orientation of buttons on clothing is custom.

Men usually dressed themselves, and because most men are right-handed, buttoning from the right made sense.

Women were more often dressed by maids, and maids found it easier to work from their right, the wearer’s left.

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