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But why? I'd expect across most societies historically for males to engage in more physically stressful work. Not to undermine the value of women's work across
by detritus 6y ago
But why? I'd expect across most societies historically for males to engage in more physically stressful work.
Not to undermine the value of women's work across that span, of course - but I'm genuinely surprised at your surprise.
- laurent92 6y agoA fun part about this is, forced labour for men remained legal until 1957’s UN treaty. Forced labour was abolished by the ILO treaty of 1930 but had a specific exclusion at Article 11, to exclude men 17-to-49 who didn’t have official or familial responsibilities. ILO 1930 PDF: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-islamabad/documents/policy/wcms_143046.pdf https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangk...