And who does most of the work? Define work. Given that it was only in the past century that women were even admitted to most universities or institutions of higher learning, how exactly were women to learn the science, technology, mathematics, and skills.
When we see women in equal numbers to men welding steel in high-rise buildings, carrying cement and laying bricks, spreading hot tar on roads in August, maintaining major cities' sewer systems by climbing down into the tunnels, we'll agree that they're sharing the burden of work equally.
Those women like Madame Curie, and Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, and others, who persevered and obtained an education, distinguished themselves in ways that are still logged into this date.
No one is saying women are incapable of great exploits. You do know, though, that the big push to get women into the work force was to expand the tax base, right? And we're still waiting for woman to beat down the doors to all those high paying construction jobs.
As well, you seem to think that cooking cleaning, bearing children, and raising a family before the advent of modern appliances, or electricity, was a walk in the park. Weaving, spinning, making clothing, and keeping a kitchen garden and preserving food for winter are a lot of work. Mass manufacturing wasnāt available to ease their work. Laundry was done by hand. As was weaving, spinning and sewing.
There is a reason why it was considered "women's work" to do those things, and that is because you normally would not die while doing them. Trying to kill a Saber-tooth with a stick or a rock so it would not eat your children or livestock, OTOH, was likely to end your life prematurely. In modern life, however, what does the average homemaker have to do?
Wash dishes? Load the dishwasher and press a button.
Wash clothes? Load the washer and press a button. After a while, put them in the dryer and press another button.
Sweep? Pull out the vacuum cleaner and be done in a half hour.
Dust? Get out the duster and wipe stuff off.
Take care of the kids? Stash them in the car and take them places where somebody else will watch them for an hour or two and wear them out.
Make clothes? Don't make me laugh. Go online and order some.
I've done those things and they are easy to do. They're not even mentally difficult.
Nobody accomplishes anything when their basic needs for food, shelter and clothing arenāt being met.
You also say āfought warsā like it was a good thing. Started wars is what they did. Imagine where the human race would be, if not for all of the time, money and effort and brain power wasted, blowing shit up in other countries.
Imagine if the USA had spent all of the money wasted on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, on upgrading your infrastructure, education and healthcare at home.
Pretending that there wouldn't have been any wars if the women were in charge is laughable. A tribe will defend itself, whether it's led by a woman or a man. And yes, when women die on the battlefield in the same numbers as men, we'll accept that they're going for real equality. Until then, and until we see them in dangerous and physically demanding careers in the same numbers as men are, they're not really going for equality, they just want to cherry pick the areas they want to be in by force.
