(2) There is
division of labor, defined relative to work: the one gives birth, the other tills, (3) There is the coming
of the arts and crafts: no more
just picking fruit and gathering nuts, but agriculture — the artful cultivation
of the soil, the harvesting
of grain, its transformation into flour, the making
of bread, and, eventually, also astronomy (to know the seasons and to plan for sowing), metallurgy (to make the tools), the institution
of property (to secure the fruits
of one's
labor), and religious sacrifices (to placate the powers above and to encourage rain).
Perhaps the rigors
of medieval life made it necessary to have a
division of labor: most people
just struggled to survive, while the «religious,» freed from the duties connected with the day - to - day life
of parish churches, held the contemplative fort.
Q: Your paper indicates that if more states allow same - sex marriage, it's
just as likely that gays and lesbians may specialize and follow gendered
division of labor instead
of maintaining their more equal partnerships.
But after a near mutiny by upstate Republican senators, Cuomo and the Legislature agreed to raise the wage upstate to
just $ 12.50 an hour over five years with future increases designed to get to $ 15 an hour tied to a formula that will be set by the governor's
Division of Budget, in consultation with the state Department
of Labor.