I don’t think it’s really the same as doctors/nurses... more that we can’t stay locked down forever. You can’t ever remove the risk completely, only mitigate it. I’m shielded so it’s a worry for me, but due to various personal reasons I do need some help. It’s a balancing act.
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Cleaning staff, who are primarily women, were ALREADY A PROFESSION AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID-19 Thanks to the cleaners still working in "essential" workplaces (caring for the disabled, working in institutional settings) This is so fucked
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I mean shit you know one of the reasons domestic labor falls so much harder on women Is that men who *don't* have a wife or girlfriend, and who can afford it, are much more likely to not even bother trying to do it themselves and hire a poor woman to do it
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Especially since the cleaners are WOMEN OF COLOUR
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No, they’re white. I’m BAME. Not that it should matter...
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