We went to visit a call center in India today. You know all those telemarketing calls you get from that clearly Indian guy who keeps saying his name is Dean Martin? I met Dean Martin. They take training courses on how to pronounce words and place emphasis so Americans can understand them. Most Indians are about a thousand times harder to understand.
We asked him if there were any problems with women in the workplace. He said no, they have all the same accommodations as the men except they pay less taxes and get escorted home late at night (which is necessary because if you work eastern standard time but live in India you don’t go home until 4am). However, the women don’t do as well anyway because it’s a high pressure job so naturally men are better at it. It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the patriarchal nature of Indian culture and of course there’s no sexual harassment or exploitation.
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