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A maidservant or in current usage '''maid''' is a female employed in Domestic Service . Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in Great House s, today the maid may be the only Domestic Worker that Middle and even upper-income households can afford. In the Western World , comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. In less developed nations, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work. Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, Ironing , washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and taking care of children. In some Countries , maids take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Maids are often expected to work at least fifteen hours per day. Many maids are reqiured by their employers to wear a uniform. Maids were often sexually abused by their employers, especially in Europe before the 20th Century . TYPES OF MAID In hierarchical order, the types of maids in a large household are:
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