[unstyledcontent]

This is an absolutely horrific thing to make a person do. I see comments that say "well someone needs to do it." Then why not volunteer?

[simianwords]

They are volunteering! They need the money.

[leosanchez]

Yes, also this region was ravaged my violent communists (Maoists) not so long ago. So they have very few opportunities.

[nicbou]

I imagine myself as the one paying someone to do horrible things and uttering this line, and it makes me shudder.

[rramadass]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46921505 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46922271

[827a]

Who is making them work this job?

[SanjayMehta]

Mr Poverty and Ms Hunger

This is not new. The British boast of banning slavery but they will never tell you about their invention of bonded labour. They imported bonded labour to South Africa, Guyana and other parts of their empire.

Now companies can use the Internet to keep the labour remote. Doesn't even require a degree.

[klaff]

I get why a firefighter may be asked to take risks to save lives. We should not ask these women to take these risks so that billionaires can become trillionaires.