Historically, women in Thailand have been active in a variety of economic activities. During the era of Ayutthaya Kingdom, under the sakdina system, every freeman had to be registered as a servant with the local lords, under whom the prime-age men were forced to be away from home to work for the crown or to serve military service. women were left behind to take care of their families and farms. There is an idiom in Thai says that "The husband is the fore leg of the elephant. The wife is the hind leg”, implying that men are the leaders and women are the followers in Thai society.