PTO in Ancient Egypt
Jan. 27th, 2023 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mme_n_bhttps://mymodernmet.com/ancient-egyptians-attendance-record/ (better source)
https://isiopolis.com/2014/11/23/the-blood-of-isis/ (longer and more interesting)
Pyramid builders got time off for their female relatives menstruating. I assume the woman got time off as well. That could mean that a menstruating woman could potentially excuse from work at least two male relatives (as long as they worked on different teams from each other). Possibly more - if a woman had no father or husband did her brother get PTO to hang around and bring her red wine, and rolling papyrus tampons?
We really, really need this in the modern society. Among other things, if men take take time off for wives, daughters, _and_ sisters the attendance gap (the amount of money women lose if we take time off for menstruation and childbirth) will be significantly diminished.
(OK, yes, I know they didn't take every time off, but just rare occasions, probably for especially painful menses, and they probably spent some of that time just cooking because the women who normally did it were not available but still.)
https://isiopolis.com/2014/11/23/the-blood-of-isis/ (longer and more interesting)
Pyramid builders got time off for their female relatives menstruating. I assume the woman got time off as well. That could mean that a menstruating woman could potentially excuse from work at least two male relatives (as long as they worked on different teams from each other). Possibly more - if a woman had no father or husband did her brother get PTO to hang around and bring her red wine, and rolling papyrus tampons?
We really, really need this in the modern society. Among other things, if men take take time off for wives, daughters, _and_ sisters the attendance gap (the amount of money women lose if we take time off for menstruation and childbirth) will be significantly diminished.
(OK, yes, I know they didn't take every time off, but just rare occasions, probably for especially painful menses, and they probably spent some of that time just cooking because the women who normally did it were not available but still.)
