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The paper explains that labor migration vis-a-vis female domestic labor is the temporary movement of women to another global region wherein they work as servants so as to accumulate capital that they then can return to their families back home in the form of remittances. The paper then notes that besides being a highly gendered phenomenon, some - most notably Rhacel Parrenas - have argued that the aforementioned labor migration renders these women little more than the contemporary "servants of globalization." Over the next several pages, this writer argues that this both is, and is not, the case. Specifically, while these women certainly do serve the interests of others and certainly do find themselves performing menial tasks (and while it is entirely possible that at least some of them will be exploited by unscrupulous employers who have hired them on as illegal immigrants), they do not necessarily face the same burdens as "servants" from previous ages; that is to say, there are legal protections in place for all workers in developed lands and the increased scrutiny now surrounding the phenomenon of third-world labor migration makes it less likely for these women to be taken advantage of. The paper concludes that while it is largely true that domestic laborers are the "servants of globalization," one must be careful to avoid associating their plight with the truly harrowing plight of previous generations of servants.

From the Paper:

"Labor migration has been around for as long as human societies have been around. For our purposes, labor migration vis-a-vis female domestic labor is the temporary movement of women (predominantly, but not exclusively, from the third world) to another global region wherein they work as servants so as to accumulate capital that they then can return to their families back home in the form of remittances. Besides being a highly gendered phenomenon, some - most notably Rhacel Parrenas - have argued that the aforementioned labor migration renders these women little more..."

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