The biggest question raised in Ehrenreich and Hochschild’s Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy is: why aren’t we doing more for these women? American feminism has covered issues about women in the workforce, yet we ignore the women who work here from other nations. Now, it has been argued that the reason Western women ignore the plights of those who work for them because of social expectations. The Western woman is to be a worker, a mother, and a housekeeper, even if they are single. Thus, it cannot be known that said woman has help. It can also be argued that the lack of acknowledgement is due to Western feminism sometimes being too restricted in it’s thought. In that, some Western feminists don’t see out of their plights or their ideals to fully understand or help women of other nations.

It can also be argued that the workforce has many problem already, for all minorities. According to Pager and Western’s data, in America, white men and even white ex-felons are treated better in interviews, securing jobs and even receiving encouragement, whilst non-felon Latino and Black men are held at lower standard, judged based off stereotypes, and have a harder time finding a job. Since this study centered on men, we can only imagine how women, especially minority women, would have faired. If men and women from their own nation have trouble in the workforce, how can the people be expected to fix the plight of people who travel to the nation? In other words, the system was messed up from the root, so not everyone can fix the root and the plant. That said, those who hire maids and nannies are those who don’t have a problem with getting a job or making money.

I can’t describe a way to help these women, women who, if they aren’t taken and forced into prostitution, are separated from their family, leading to a multitude of emotional problems for all. As seen in Race at Work, there is already so much to be done with the system. However, I believe that we can start with educating people on these issues. As noted in Global Woman, people only focus on the extreme issues, like human trafficking. But, the younger generation raised by these nannies and maids will understand and see the other issues. But we cannot wait for these people to grow up and turn into Skeeter from The Help. There are people in the West willing to solve these issues, but first, we must present them and discuss them, and not keep them a “‘secret affair,'” (Ehrenreich and Hochschild, 33).