> Subsistence farming or hunting and gathering don't take 40 hours a week.
Also people had tons of holidays during the middle age in Europe.
Crazy working hours peaked during the industrial revolution when workers had life expectations reaching minimums of 20 years.
Not to mention that in many places men were working and women were homemakers some 70 years ago. Now that everybody works we spend our evening and weekends doing chores and housekeeping. (And no, I'm not saying we should go back to 1950!)
Also people had tons of holidays during the middle age in Europe.
Crazy working hours peaked during the industrial revolution when workers had life expectations reaching minimums of 20 years.
Not to mention that in many places men were working and women were homemakers some 70 years ago. Now that everybody works we spend our evening and weekends doing chores and housekeeping. (And no, I'm not saying we should go back to 1950!)