“that pasuk is a CURSE “
True — originally man was required only to care for Gan Eden and the animals in it.
But when Adam Harishon decided to change the loshon of the one issur that Hashem gave directly to him, and told Chava that they could not even TOUCH the Eitz Hadaas (which hashem NEVER said to him), that led to the curse being implemented against all Mankind. Instead of food/parnassah coming to Man in abundance with little or no effort, he would have to work hard for it for all of his life. That curse was on Man, though, and not Woman. She has her own set of tzoros to deal with. Kol hamosif goreya.