Maid To Order Of Global Women Analysis

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The chapter Maid to Order of Global Women focus was on the work done by the “cleaning ladies.” The chapter goes in detail about the degrading connotation that the words maid and cleaning lady have and how they impact the lives of women who make a living of cleaning homes. This chapter made me feel very guilty because it mentions how housework is most of the time gender specific. Mothers pick up after husbands and their children without them noticing the effort that is put my the mother. The husband and the children get the idea that everything gets made and if they spill something someone is sure to clean it up. My mother recently began to work full time and still comes home to clean the house and our mess. I sometimes leave things dirty knowing that my mother will clean them. My mothers work does not end when she leaves work. I am responsible only for my room and what I make dirty but sometimes I don't do it and my mother will clean it for me. Another shocking thing that I encountered in the chapter was …show more content…

One women even goes to mention that one time she was thirsty that she drank water from the bathroom faucet. Not only is the job of a maid seen as inferior but they are treated like paid slaves. Often times when one mentions a maid the first thought is a women of color who has broken english as mentioned within the chapter. Women who take up these underpaid jobs are often from other countries who do not speak english, are undocumented or have no education. The chapter compares the work done as that completed by sweatshops in undeveloped countries. I find this idea conflicting because we are taught that when you get to the point where someone does work for you such as clean your house, drive you to your destination you have made it in life. Reading this chapter I have learned that success often means putting others under you to support

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