Ah, visualize the scene: Steve pulling the plow, singing "I'll never be your beast of burden” and his wife behind with the whip, shouting “More work, less singing!” :-)
On Apr 11, 2014, at 12:07 AM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/10/14 10:47 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote: >> >> Women lost their equal work status 10,000 years ago when the plow was >> invented. This is a complicated issue. It will take time. > I actually own a primitive plow (more appropriately known as an Ard) which my > wife and I used in our garden for a (very) short time. Despite my wife > being no slouch physically, mentally nor emotionally, it *always* worked > better when I was harnessed up to pull the ard and she managed the guiding of > the path and depth of the (wooden) share rather than vice-versa. If we were > being paid for this work according to it's utility it would be a very low > rate and I think her task would be more valuable since in principle I could > (and should) be replaced by a stronger and more tireless beast. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
