Posted by: Sheetalb April 7, 2008
Daughters on Sale - Nepali context
Login in to Rate this Post:     0       ?        

I think it depends on the conscience of the person. if someone thinks that they would definitely do a favor to a girl by giving her a home, secure environment and good education without overburdening in the household work, it is their decision. My mother on the other hand refused to have any household help because she did not want to discriminate between me and the girl who would be working for us and at the same time knew that she could not adopt her as well. Instead, she made us do a fair share of household work and i was always ashamed to tell me friends that i have to clean my home because we have no 'maid' when i was little. But as i grew up i understood my mother's dilema of using an underaged child's labor in the home. She kept repeating that she would not be able to sleep with a clean conscience if she hired some 'kid' to do work in the house and openly critized people who had household help to our 'embarresment'.

Read Full Discussion Thread for this article