 A poster featuring an illustration of a stereotypical uniformed maid A domestic worker, or simply domestic, is a servant who works within their employer's household. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
A servant is a person who is hired to provide regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. ...
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Domestic service also called simply service is the employment of people for wages in their employers residence. ...
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Servant has a number of meaning: A servant is another word for domestic worker, a person who is hired to provide regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. ...
In large households, there can be a large number of domestic workers doing different jobs, often as part of an elaborate hierarchy. While this type of social arrangement is all but obsolete in developed countries, it can perform a useful social role in less-developed countries in distributing income. Nevertheless such elaborate hierarchies, if based around a class or caste system, can perpetuate divisions and restrict social mobility. A great house is a large and stately residence; the term encompasses different styles of dwelling in different countries. ...
Social class describes the relationships between people in hierarchical societies or cultures. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Caste systems have existed throughout history and throughout the world, but the most well-known caste system today is the Indian Varna system. ...
A butler is a senior domestic worker, whose duties traditionally included handling the wines of the household and some management of the other servants. Female domestic workers are often called maids. Jump to: navigation, search // For other uses see Butler (disambiguation) The butler is a senior servant in a large household. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A glass of red wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage that is made by fermenting grapes or grape juice. ...
A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. ...
Domestic workers perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, buying foods and drinks, accompanying the female head of the household for grocery shopping, taking the family dog for a walk, and taking care of the children. In some countries, maids replace the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Maids often are expected to work at least fifteen hours per day. Jump to: navigation, search Cooking is the act of preparing food for consumption. ...
Jump to: navigation, search An iron Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool to remove wrinkles from washed clothes. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Washing Machine is an album by the band Sonic Youth. ...
Cleanliness is the absence of dirt, including dust, stains and a bad smell. ...
Domestic Service in the post-Industrial era
Europe and North America Domestic service reached its height during the Edwardian and Victorian ages in Great Britain and the Gilded Age in the United States. Jump to: navigation, search The Gilded Age was the era of economic development and intense generation and transfers of wealth in the United States from approximately 1876 to 1914. ...
The emancipation of middle-class women in the late 20th century and their entry into the professional workforce meant that middle-class households were deprived of an important source of unpaid domestic labour. This has given rise to a sharp increase in the employment of cleaners and nannies.
Middle and Far East Many countries and some industries, such as cruise lines import domestic workers from abroad through recruitment agencies and brokers because their own nationals are no longer obliged or inclined to work in underpaid, difficult or exploitive jobs. This includes most Middle Eastern countries, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. Even the People's Republic of China imports domestic workers from the Philippines. For most countries, the number of domestic workers run into the hundreds of thousands. There are at least one million domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
Major sources of domestic workers include the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Ethiopia. Taiwan also imports domestic workers from Vietnam and Mongolia.
Domestic service in other nations In other places, such as Latin America and Africa, most domestic workers are from the same country in which they work. They may commute from home though they are usually "live-in" domestics, meaning they receive room and board as part of their salaries, sometimes they only receive room and board (see au pair). Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
// Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day...
An au pair is a single girl (or, rarely, a boy) who helps a host family with childcare and/or housework while staying as a guest with a host family and generally receiving a small allowance (or pocket money). ...
Domestic workers in uniform Many employers require their domestic workers to be in a uniform (see servant uniform). This is seldom the case in places such as Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong where small middle-class families usually hire only one worker. Servant uniform or servant clothes is the clothes a domestic worker wears when being in their employers home. ...
Notable domestic workers Sarah Balabagan (born 1979 August 16) (her surname is pronounced with the stress on the third syllable) was a Filipina prisoner in the United Arab Emirates whose case caused a good deal of controversy in 1995-96. ...
Paul Burrell (born June 8, 1958, Grassmoor, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire) was the butler of Diana, Princess of Wales. ...
Flor R. Contemplación (January 1953 - March 17, 1995) was a Filipino domestic worker who was executed in Singapore for murder. ...
Paul Hogan is a former Australian diplomat turned celebrity butler. ...
Lillian Rogers Parks (1897 – 1997) was an American author. ...
Rose Porteous (née Lacson, born October 26, 1948) is a Filipino-born Australian socialite. ...
Margaret Maggie Rogers was a maid at the White House who served for 30 years (1909-1939), during the administrations of Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and part of Franklin D. Roosevelts, eventually rising to head housemaid. ...
See also Jump to: navigation, search // For other uses see Butler (disambiguation) The butler is a senior servant in a large household. ...
A chauffeur is someone who drives an automobile as a job, most often meaning a luxury sedan such as a limousine or a stretch limo, although technically anybody who drives can be called a chauffeur; the word is simply French for professional driver. In some countries, particularly developing nations where...
Cook can refer to Cook the profession, see also Cooking Cook is the title of a 1975 album by Premiata Forneria Marconi. ...
A footman is a male household servant. ...
A household chore is a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee, related to or used in the running of a household. ...
A housekeeper is a person responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of (usually residential premises. ...
A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A nanny is defined as a childs nurse. The traditional nanny was a servant in a large household and reported directly to the lady of the house. ...
A valet or gentlemans gentleman is a mans male servant. ...
There are 140,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, of whom most are domestic helpers together with 30,000 who are members of the Filipino Migrant Workers Union. ...
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