Mayer to his face that he didn't want his daughter playing maids in Hollywood, because she could have maids of her own.

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Many of them will have found jobs as maids or carers through church networks.

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"We have a fantastic lifestyle here with maids, drivers and nannies and things we wouldn't have if we lived in Utah, " says Kinsella.

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On social media, many Brazilians reacted to the news saying that the country's middle classes would have to learn how to live without house maids, as has already happened in many developed countries.

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The Indonesians' immediate predecessors were the armies of maids from the Philippines, who have become as recognizable a feature of Hong Kong life as the Star Ferry--especially when they gather by the thousands on the streets every Sunday, their day off.

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World leaders would have no choice but to give in to the maids' demands, for it is a well-known fact that the higher one rises in society, the less willing one is to perform household chores.

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In support of this argument, they note that wives in the Prophet Muhammad's time are known to have served male guests and that even today, Saudis rely on maids and drivers in a practical form of daily ikhtilat.

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