Assertion: sewing | /r/HasProperty | women’s work
Facets:
value: exclusively
type: DEGREE
value: to never approach the task
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: That text primly weaves some practical sewing advice amidst instructions to women (because sewing is exclusively women’s work) never to approach the task unless their vital housekeeping chores have been completed first (because housekeeping chores are the sole province and responsibility of women), and to be sure they are suitably groomed and dressed before undertaking their sewing tasks (even if they are alone in the house) lest a husband or visitor unexpectedly drop in and find them not “neatly put together” (because women are obligated to present a physically attractive appearance at all times).
text: Sewing for the most part was a woman's occupation, and most sewing before the 19th century was practical.