Double Duty For Dads Analysis

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The article, “Double Duty for Dads”, discusses the difficulties both Vietnamese’ women and men face because they live in a poor country which they can’t afford a better life for their families.
Vietnamese’ women leave their hometown and work in another country as maids. Being a house cleaner is a very demanding job, especially for those unskilled people. Based on the article, Vietnamese’ women go overseas, they sacrifice themselves to work in a job to get better wages. Vietnamese’ women face a lot of challenges in their life, especially when they are working abroad. For example, women have to adapt to the new environment where they will be, they sacrifice themselves when they leave their children behind for more than a year, and women need

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