田圃を耕す．稲は灌漑を必要とする，耕作労働の大部分が泥水に膝の深さで立ちながら行われるに違いない．女性がこの重労働の多くを負担する/(Cultivating rice field. Rice requires irrigating, and much of the labor of cultivation must be performed standing knee-deep in mud and water; women do a large share of this heavy work.)