I'll say it again. If you raise crops, you need lots of people. If you make your own clothes, grind your own flour, make your own pottery, raise your own meat, milk your own goats and cows, make your own wine--you need people. So getting laid, although the pinnacle of modern society, was much more functional in days without cars.

And if you think that in an agrarian culture women are devalued, you are mistaken. Even though there were roles determined by gender, only a fool would think that the work that women did was somehow of lesser value.

Also, Judaism considers women to be of greater holiness than men.