The other day I was shopping and I noticed a shirt that was made in Cambodia. I only noticed because of my personal affiliation with the country. Most American’s don’t care where their clothes come from any more than they care where hot dogs come from. However there are a small number of Americans who do care about where there clothes come from and where hot dogs come from (1). In Cambodia, many women between the ages of 14 and 40 wake up, day after day, to go to a factory and work long shifts for less than 100 dollars a month. Many people think that this is a huge tragedy. I however, see it as a huge success. Americans can purchase clothes for really cheap and Cambodians have money for food. I think the biggest offense is calling the facilities these girls work in “sweat shops.” O.K. These are large warehouses containing hundreds of girls sewing all day. But come-on, most of the warehouses have a fan.
(1) Personally, I think we should get rid of these people.
