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This article interested me in the sense the jobs that women had. Doing the "smaller" work that required steadier and smaller hands as compared to a man. Women were left for the less strenuous work along with raising children in some cases. But women had to learn the craft and use it to adapt to the kind of work they were required to do. It fascinated me how important women were and still are to society. It is most certainly true that women can do some work that men definitely could not. This made women more important to society and culture. -Jeff R. | This article interested me in the sense the jobs that women had. Doing the "smaller" work that required steadier and smaller hands as compared to a man. Women were left for the less strenuous work along with raising children in some cases. But women had to learn the craft and use it to adapt to the kind of work they were required to do. It fascinated me how important women were and still are to society. It is most certainly true that women can do some work that men definitely could not. This made women more important to society and culture. -Jeff R. | ||
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| + | The watchmakers were very talented men and women. I was not aware that women were allowed to make watches during this time. It makes sense, their hands and fingers were smaller than a man’s. I also got a giggle that the reason why they hired these women was because they would want to marry soon and they would not need extra training. I wonder if a female did not want to get married would they force the female out at a certain point or would they treat the female like they would treat the male?--Pam Petzold | ||
== Michael Adas, Machines as the Measure of Men, 221-232 == | == Michael Adas, Machines as the Measure of Men, 221-232 == | ||
