Beyond the reach of ethics and equity? Depersonalisation and dehumanisation in foreign domestic helper narratives

摘要

本文作者於教會收容所訪問了大量外籍家庭傭工.他們的敍述 證寅,香港社會的道德標準及公正的氛圍並未觸及外籍傭工的生活狀況. 他們不僅無法像其他族群一樣,享受飲食,休息及談話遭樣的基本人權 ,還要忍受著雇主的羞辱舆誣衊.研究表明這樣的不公平待遇或影響外 籍傭工的自我認同.本文旨在論證本地偏見及意識形態表現在某種程度 上使剝削合理化,並鼓勵更多研究者参與社會運動,改善外傭 的生活狀況,改寫他們的故事.%This paper analyses narratives told by foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) in a Hong Kong church shelter. The narratives provide evidence that FDHs appear to be untouched by the ethics and equity of Hong Kong society. They are denied the rights that apply to other groups: the right to eat, rest and talk; they are humiliated and denigrated, and the analyses show that this treatment may affect their self-perception. The paper considers local stereotypes and ideological representations as a possible cause for legitimising the exploitation of FDHs, and it recommends that researchers become engaged in social activism in the attempt to help FDHs rewrite their narratives of repression.