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Complementary Nature of Work between Genders in Pre-Modern Society
In pre-modern agrarian societies, men's work and women's work were always different, complementary, and ambiguously defined in relation to one another. This complementarity extended to the language used, social spaces occupied, and the types of tools considered acceptable for each gender. Both men and women worked together for survival, with their roles mirroring each other but remaining distinctly separate.