Wow - I never realized before this thread that irons were biased towards righties. I always took it for granted that fighting with a cord was just part of ironing. My mind is blown...
Having two right-handed parents, nothing was catered to my brother or me (both lefties). Mom searched and searched for a store that sold leftie baseball mitts for him when he was 7 yo. He left it at the ball field, and that was the end of that. From then on, it was right-handed baseball mitts, scissors, and no special seats at the dinner table. Being lefty was always celebrated, but they did a good job of treating us how we would be treated in the "real world."