Talk:Maid

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I don't have a source for that comment about sexual abuse. However, it makes sense to me, and I did read some historical study on it somewhere.

Does anyone know of a source? --Zaorish 06:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

While I do not know of a source there was a book (which I have since forgotten the name of) that I read in which one scene the maid is spanked by the lord of the house. She had failed to clean the man's bedroom at which point he spanked her. I belive this book was set in the 1880s though written in the last ten years. Certainly it is unclear wether the man was doing this as punishment or for sexual means- I would suggest it was the latter. Certanly when confronted with the question of losing her job or a painful spanking a woman would chose a spanking- given how hard jobs were to obtain. Qwert11 08:00, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I took it out because it's pretty much pointless. EVERY job that wasn't "on the top" had abuse of one sort or another. That's what gave birth to labor unions and labor laws.

[edit] Unclear on what this means

"perhaps with her ninth degree or less."

I have no idea what this means and think it may be specific to the US or something. Is there a better way of putting it so that people outside the US would get it?

Jumbles1971 10:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it's about the U.S.... Unless the person meant, 'with a ninth grade education or less?' Which I don't think s/he did, because it's not terribly common for maids to be less than 18 in the U.S. Actually, the last three sentences really need to be cited. 70.132.3.101 —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 03:34, August 21, 2007 (UTC).