I was struck by Barbara Ehrenreich's article "Maid to Order": more specifically, I am fascinated by how dependent these American families are on their hired domestic help. On page 69, she writes that "fewer Americans know how to clean or even to 'straighten up'", and discusses how younger generations are unable to clean up their own messes. This made me wonder where today's society is going in terms of its own idealistic liberalism versus its inability to manage in the real world. As she writes in the last paragraph on p. 69, how do people simultaneously justify their belief in their own humanitarianism and their inherent refusal to do work that is "below" them? Can these be reconciled? What would be the reaction of this tier of society if domestic workers were outlawed? Would they be able to face their own hypocrisy?