In one of her latest posts, the Saudi blogger Farah said she imagines herself living in a home where there is no maid around. But this is not the case for most Saudi families, because, according to Arab News, the "average Saudi family has at least one servant helping in the daily chores of the house."
The paper says that maids, or servants, provide a service to their sponsors — a service that the sponsors are perfectly capable of doing themselves. However, it does not seem it is a matter of capability. "Yet society dictates that all "prestigious" families have a servant to keep the house in order. Having a servant is expected in this society; not having a servant is seen as "shocking and out of the ordinary,'" the newspaper added.
Here is a few questions for the members of our little Saudi bloggers community. Do you have a maid? Or should I ask how many maids do you have? Can you imagine living without the help of a maid in the house?
I know that some of you may say: why are you making a problem out of this? Actually, I don't have a problem with that at all. It's a personal choice, after all. I only want to see how the society looks at this issue of maids in general. # »
The paper says that maids, or servants, provide a service to their sponsors — a service that the sponsors are perfectly capable of doing themselves. However, it does not seem it is a matter of capability. "Yet society dictates that all "prestigious" families have a servant to keep the house in order. Having a servant is expected in this society; not having a servant is seen as "shocking and out of the ordinary,'" the newspaper added.
Here is a few questions for the members of our little Saudi bloggers community. Do you have a maid? Or should I ask how many maids do you have? Can you imagine living without the help of a maid in the house?
I know that some of you may say: why are you making a problem out of this? Actually, I don't have a problem with that at all. It's a personal choice, after all. I only want to see how the society looks at this issue of maids in general. # »
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