ABSTRACT
At present, although the level of agricultural modernization has undergone significant changes and the widespread use of large agricultural machinery and equipment has greatly reduced the physical labor of agricultural producers, part of farm labor, such as handling and drying, top dressing in field management, harvesting crops in hilly regions, management of greenhouse crops, livestock breeding in the tertiary industry, still cannot be done by machine. What’s worse, during the busy season, in order to avoid agricultural losses caused by changes in the weather, it is a common phenomenon to harvest and grow crops in a rush. Therefore, in a general sense, farm labor is still heavy. Since the amount of labor per unit time and during a concentrated time period is large, without the support of man, it is dicult for rural left-behind women to organize and complete production activities independently. Without the assistance of sucient labor support, women can only complete the production activities by raising their endurance. As a result, women’s physical pleasure is greatly decreased, causing mental fatigue and anxiety. The combination of physical and mental factors is a great threat for the mental health of rural left-behind women. According to the investigation results, the majority of rural left-behind women are also engaged in some sideline production work, most of which are manual work, to increase the family income. The enduring and boring labor leads to lasting and intense damage to their mental health.
