Small farms couldn’t divide work into women’s and men’s. They did what had to be done (except for looking after the kids. The mother would do that and also harvest, run a vegetable garden, etc).
In the busy season yet it was all hands of deck. However most of the year farming isn’t that much. And making thread used a large chunk of time. Even at harvest women were not taking the same jobs if they had a baby (or were pregnant) - since they physically couldn’t do some jobs. Women who were not doing either would do the hard work. The elderly (body near worn out) would also not be doing the hard work.
But overall, the point is that women’s work would be anything that was compatible with pregnancy and nursing a baby. There is a large amount of this work to do. There was also a large amount of work that was not compatible with this which men in turn took on, even though only a small minority was things where testosterone made men better.
Small farms couldn’t divide work into women’s and men’s. They did what had to be done (except for looking after the kids. The mother would do that and also harvest, run a vegetable garden, etc).
In the busy season yet it was all hands of deck. However most of the year farming isn’t that much. And making thread used a large chunk of time. Even at harvest women were not taking the same jobs if they had a baby (or were pregnant) - since they physically couldn’t do some jobs. Women who were not doing either would do the hard work. The elderly (body near worn out) would also not be doing the hard work.
But overall, the point is that women’s work would be anything that was compatible with pregnancy and nursing a baby. There is a large amount of this work to do. There was also a large amount of work that was not compatible with this which men in turn took on, even though only a small minority was things where testosterone made men better.