Exactly EmilyR - and what really makes it look so very bad and disgusting is that a lot of this employers treat them like they have bought them and all this sponsorship rules etc makes it much harder for this poor souls to run away or to seek a way out of their grievances. They should be given a way out if they are not happy with the way they are treated and certainly you cannot blame the poor maids if they are promised one thing back in their countries and made to do something else when they get here.