Re:My Family’s Slave
by prawn on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @09:00PM
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A friend of mine has talked about the situation in other island nations nearby where some will have young staff; males as drivers, gardening, running errands, and females for cooking, cleaning and sex. I imagine there would be a serious power imbalance with that last item.
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Here in the Philippines you can hire a young female "housekeeper" who doesn't actually do any housework, if you know what I mean. The job title is for the neighbours and the tsismosas (town gossips).
Re:My Family’s Slave
by jimmywanger on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @10:41PM
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Ethnically Chinese people are hated in Indonesia and the Philippines.[0] As in, during times of unrest and civil disturbance, there is a lot of murder and rape of Chinese people.
Partly for this reason. The addition of ethnic differences to economic inequality is a volatile mixture.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/World-Fire-Exporting-Democracy-Instab...