Foreign housemaids in the oil-rich Gulf sometimes work 21-hour days without medical care, enough food, or the right to go home, and they also face violence and harassment, a human rights report said Wednesday.Dubai's government, shaken by a rash of recent labor protests, quickly disputed...

Two Indonesian housekeepers who say they were abused and forced into servitude by a millionaire couple concocted many of the stories they told federal prosecutors, a defense attorney said Tuesday."Nobody saw anything except what Enung and Samirah wanted them to see," attorney Stephen Scaring said...

The maid, wearing rags on her back, had been tortured for more than five years when she wandered into a Dunkin' Donuts on Mother's Day morning. Wounds oozed from her ears; her body was covered with scars.Her story of painful, degrading abuse was corroborated by...

Some say that to motivate employees best, eliminate barriers of hierarchy that exist between the boss and employees. You can do this by: Eliminating dual standards. Perks such as reserved parking spaces and company planes upset employees who miss out, wrote former Avis CEO Robert...

In the following essay, Lane examines Genet's conception of his play The Maids as a failure in light of his belief that modern theater was too “reassuring” to audiences.

In the following essay, Day considers the influence of Antonin Artaud on Genet with regard to The Maids.

In the following essay, Kamenish analyzes the psychological strategies of both the characters and audience of The Maids in terms of game theory.