Lives of domestic workers


 
 
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Lives of domestic workers

Lives of domestic workers:-

Many homes particularly in towns and cities employ domestic workers. They do a lot of work- sweeping and cleaning, washing clothes and dishes, cooking, looking after young children or the elderly. Most domestic workers are women. Sometimes, even young boys or girls are employed to do this work. Wages are low, as domestic work does not have much value. A domestic worker’s day can begin as early as five in the morning and end as late as twelve at night! Despite the hard works they do, their employers often do not show them much respect. What we commonly term as housework actually involves many different tasks. A number of these tasks require heavy physical work. In both rural and urban areas women and girls have to fetch water. In rural areas women and girls carry heavy head loads of firewood. Tasks like washing clothes, cleaning. Sweeping and picking up loads require bending. Lifting and carrying. Many chores, like cooking, involve standing for long hours in front of hot stoves. The work women do is complex and physically demanding- words that we normally associate with men. Another aspect of housework and care- giving that we do not recognize is that it is very time consuming in fact, if we add up the housework and the women spend much more time working than men and have much less time or leisure.

 
 


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