Essay
Look at our life today; look how it has changed.
Just one hundred years ago we could see O?Henry?s little secretaries typing for ten hours a day. Weak and deprived of rights, they could be easily dismissed, experience sexual harassment or encounter health problems. They had nobody to be protected by, nobody to turn to. Dark rooms, bad air, and sitting for whole day. It was cruel, but innocent world. Hours, after work, spent in front of windows of an underwear store, cheap food and little dark rooms with gas lighting in the evenings. When she stepped outside her office, she forgot where she worked, she stayed alone with herself, she was on her own planet, she was in her own world.
Today we can see the same girl in front of the same underwear store with a mobile phone in her hand giving orders to bank or suppliers. Life has changed. Rhythm has changed. Conditions have changed. For good or bad Our little hero can?t be dismissed anymore, just because boss?s wife doesn?t like her. She can?t be forced to make things she doesn?t want to do. There are days when she works for 16 hours, twice more than she should,
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