MarcosZeitola wrote:
But I do want to say that I am very much appalled by how some rich women treat their servants. Not just in India, or the Arab world, but also among domestic workers in China and other Asian countries. Even in the Philippines ...
The presumption - international politically correct by feminist doctrine - is that women are not violent. Never.
A story about mistreatment of a female (even in case of a minor) by a female is not welcome and ignored. Of course, not to talk about mistreatment of a male (any age, boy or old man etc.) by a female - this is something, which is causing feminists to laugh, it's nothing which can be taken seriously.
Of course I have seen also the other side of the story - there are maids and male servants who are stealing whatever they can find and after they disappear to somewhere. Not every maid or servant is a victim, some are indeed criminals and if they find a good employer they are acting highly irresponsibly and ungratefully.
About India, what is so appalling is not really the mistreatment of servants, this is anywhere else the case too - but the most shameful part of it is the AGE of those servants and maids. Many of them are minors, sometimes remarkably young, 10, 12, 13 and rarely over 15, 16.
Boys and girls who are older might accept some beatings or other mistreatment, but if it is too much to tolerate such treatment they are running away. However what can you expect from a 10 or 11 year old maid?
Just another case for information.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article- ... ernational
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/01/13/I ... es_Police/
Indian maid, 11, tortured with chillies
13 January 2014
Indian police have arrested a trader for allegedly torturing a 11-year-old maid who was forced to eat chillies which were also rubbed on her body, an official said Monday, in the latest abuse of domestic servants.
Sarjil Ansari, a 38-year-old napkin seller, was arrested at the weekend and his wife Farhat was being questioned, said an investigating police officer in Thane district neighbouring Mumbai.
The couple bought the girl in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for Rs 15,000 ($240) from her parents about a year ago on the pretext that she would be well looked after and given a better education, the officer said, declining to be named.
“They used to regularly torture and beat up the girl. The girl complained that she was forced to eat chillies, which were also applied on her body,” he said. This would happen when she urinated out of stress or fear, he added.
“Often the family would turn up the volume on their home music system to muffle her cries for help.”
He said police were alerted when neighbours notified them about possible mistreatment of the girl, whose tasks included cleaning and looking after the couple’s baby, despite her own young age.
The girl is now in the care of a local non-governmental organisation, and a case will be registered against the couple once the investigations are completed, the officer said.
The case is the latest of alleged abuse of domestic servants in India, where thousands of workers, often children trafficked from remote and poverty-stricken states, toil for long hours in homes with almost no legal protection.
