Question

state the role played by women in agrarian society during 16th and 17th century​

Answer 1

Answer:

Role of Women in Agrarian Society : Men and women both performed certain specific roles in production process. Women had to work shoulder to shoulder with men in the fields. Men used to till the land and plough the land and women sowed, weeded, threshed and winnowed the harvest. With the development of small rural units and individual agriculture of peasants, labour and resources of entire household became the basis of production. Naturally gendered segregation was not possible between the home (for women) and the world (for men). Even then there was continuation of biases related to women’s biological functions. For example, menstruating women were not allowed to touch the plough or the wheel of potter in western India.