A friend posted a couple of pictures
in Facebook of his family’s reunion with a former domestic help of theirs. I was
taken aback somewhat; he is still using the term “domestic maid” in this era.
In the feudalistic or imperial old
days, slaves were bought and sold to do one’s menial and dirty tasks. Many were
treated like sub-humans; whipping was common. With slavery outlawed, these
tasks had still to be performed. If one is rich, one could hire an army of
them. But few actually use such a term nowadays. (But if you are a bureaucrat,
no matter how senior you are, ironically, you are still a government servant,
aren’t you?)
When Filipinas were first recruited
over, we called them Filipino maids. They were laer joined by Indonesian maids,
followed by Bangladeshi and Cambodian maids. These poor souls have to leave
behind their husbands and children to serve in environments that are totally
alien to them. Many are subject to abuses by their employers. A couple of deaths
actually resulted.
I thought the term very degrading. I
would use the term Domestic Help instead.
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