Saloons were not in any way bordellos. They were the gathering spots for the community. They were where information on trail conditions, Indian raids and cattle prices were exchanged.
The bordellos were generally located in houses on the outskirts of town. That's not to say some of the women didn't hang out at the saloons. I'm sure they did because that's where some customers might be. But they usually didn't consummate their business at the saloon. And more often than not, the customers came directly off the trail and went to the bordello before hitting the saloon.
Like I said, READ about the old West. Don't rely on movies to show you what it was like.
Farms, ranches, gardens all the same? LMFAO, not even close. Running a ranch was and is a HUGE job. You've got cattle spread over dozens or likely hundreds of acres. They've got to be herded and made sure not to eat all the grass in any section, or else the grass disappears.
Water is always a concern. You had to learn about irrigation and dams, or you were doomed.
You've got to worry about rustlers, which were always a threat back in the time when there were no fences to stop them. There is NEVER a day off when it comes to running ranch.
Running a cattle drive was the hardest thing of all. First of all, you had to round up all the cattle and separate yours from your neighbor's that had drifted onto your property. Then you had to put road brands on your cattle. And in the early days, they did this without the benefit of cattle pens. Try THAT on for size some time.
The drive itself would take weeks. Just imagine getting 1,000 cattle from point A to point B. How do you keep them together? How do you keep them from stampeding? What about rustlers or worse - outlaws that wanted to take the entire herd? There was no law you could call. Either you defeated the outlaws or you lost everything/got killed, and no one could do anything about it.
Of course, you could be attacked by Indians at any time. They didn't care at all about your cattle. They just wanted to kill you and take your scalp.
Let's say you made it to Dodge or Abilene and sold your cattle. You were paid in gold. Guess what? You had to get that gold back home. You sure weren't going to leave it in Dodge!
As you left Dodge, take a wild guess as to how many outlaws saw you leave and knew you had gold. The trip home could be more dangerous than the drive.
And WOMEN led some of these drives. Not many, but some. Usually it was widows or daughters who suddenly inherited a ranch and a cattle operation. Their outfit expected them to do the job just as they would have expected the husband/father to have done it, and they did. The cowboys couldn't have cared less if the boss was a woman. All that mattered was that the boss knew what to do and did it.
Does any of the above sound different from planting crops, keeping animals away, harvesting what you grew, and selling it in your town or one nearby? I'm not even going to mention the "garden" comparison out of respect to the hard-working men and women of the old West.
In reality, the old West was much different than what your perception of it is.
Bogus "reality" shows have no place in this or any other discussion, unless it's to talk about how stupid and phony they are.