Divisions of Labor

I try to make Martapa an equal opportunity world, where men and women are looked upon as equal in most circles, (even if economic situations are not), but there is some different expectations for both sexes like there are in this world.

1) Woman are expected to be keepers of the house and children.  They bake the food, clean, sew, raise the children and, in rural areas, keep small kitchen gardens.  Laundry and gathering of berries and fruit also rank up there.

2) Men are expected to be the farmers, the wood gathers, the hunters.  They build the houses to keep their families in, make the tools their women and themselves might need, and train their sons to do a trade.

3) Both men and women can purpose, but usually it is the men that do so.  Women can hold trades, but usually the men are the "bread winners".  And lastly, sometimes the men take care of the children, but most often it is the women that do so.