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:::I don't know. The question of gender roles is quite complex, and very culture-dependent. In many cases, what we might consider 'traditional' gender roles date only a couple of centuries back at most, and projecting those backwards on past societies is problematic. In any case, common sense would suggest that clothes would need mending whether or not there were any women around to take care of it. --[[User:AKjeldsen|AKjeldsen]] 11:08, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
 
:::I don't know. The question of gender roles is quite complex, and very culture-dependent. In many cases, what we might consider 'traditional' gender roles date only a couple of centuries back at most, and projecting those backwards on past societies is problematic. In any case, common sense would suggest that clothes would need mending whether or not there were any women around to take care of it. --[[User:AKjeldsen|AKjeldsen]] 11:08, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
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::::Fair enough, you're the historian. --[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 12:23, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
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