W O R K B O O K - NARRATIVE FOR

So while the women looked after the children they also were the first to learn how to grow plants and food, how to nurture animals and the skills to make articles for use. [...] But it is they who knew about the seeds, so they also did the planting and the men did the rest getting the land ready and then the hunting. [...] The victorious became more powerful, the weapons became more brutal and by this time men were in control and the subordination of women was established although the worship of nature and the goddesses still remained. [...] 24 Narrative for Domestic Workers S: before that, the women did the sowing as they knew about the seeds J: Yes the men prepared the land and developed the tools Fish: Yes that was called a division of labour - this is important to remember M: Gradually the men became powerful and began to assert right over the women Fish: Yes gradually it was only the men who began to make the rules. [...] hormonal secretions, the female’s ovary produces an egg and also This is a natural and healthy process for girls and women of prepares the inner wall of the uterus to receive and nurture the egg.