Human Exploitation

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Today in Behavioral Science class, I was attracted to a point presented by the lecturer regarding the mortality rate among different professions which can be classified as professionals, skilled, semi skilled and unskilled. The rate was graphed over a period of time. I was trying to retrieve back the graph from the previous lecture but unfortunately, it was not included in the student copy of the lecturer’s note. But I try to illustrate the graph verbally. Over the period of time, the mortality rate of the professionals is the lowest compared to other in the sequence of professionals, skilled, semiskilled and the highest is Unskilled. But, the rate over period of time seems to decline year by year in professionals, skilled and semiskilled. Unfortunately, for unskilled the graph represented was reciprocal to the others. Shockingly, it was the only type of occupation which increases since the last few decades. The lecturer asked us to list 5 factors why there is difference in the mortality rate among the type of professions. The factors listed were, Diet, Education, Salary, Environment, Living condition, occupational risks, access to health care and a few more. But that was not my biggest concerned at that time. My concern was, why the heck is that the graph for unskilled is rocketing while others showing great improvement in lifespan?

1. . Is it because of the difference in lifestyle that brings the situation? Ok let see it this way

a) Diet- Compared to skilled, semiskilled and professionals, in my opinion the unskilled people are living a better diet plan. Why do say this? First, unskilled people tend to eat basic food due to financial status. Compared to unskilled, other professions have more access to the supply of food which comes into picture where they eat lots of greasy food and fast food which are not really healthy. Second, as I am from kampong, I really know how people try to grow their own vegetables to cut the cost. Apart from being cheap, it is a really healthy thing to do because organic vegetables are safer than what professionals and skilled people tend to eat. Its not really an issue of nutrients here, because, unskilled people can have better nutrients compared to others. They can make use of anything that grows naturally for their benefit. Besides, natural grown vegetables (what I mean is ulam-ulaman) has been proved as very useful to the body. These are the daily food taken by them and it’s proven to be healthy.

b) Exercise- Who else have better physics if not unskilled. For example the hard labours working in the construction site are bathing in sweat day by day to earn money. This hard work definitely good for the body. Left alone to exercise regularly, skilled and professionals are working without a drop of sweat. Why?, because of the air conditioner, using elevator and lift instead of stairs and working stress also contributed to unhealthy lifestyle lead by professionals and skilled people.

c) Smoking and Alcohol - In the context of Malaysia, as the majority are muslim, so alcoholism is not really an issue. But for smoking, why people tend to think that unskilled people tend to smoke more compared to others? For me that was way too wrong. They can’t really afford to buy food and other necessity, left alone to buy the expensive cigarettes. Semiskilled and skilled people are more in the smoking group of people.

d) Access to health care – In the context Malaysia this factor really does not justify why the unskilled rate of mortality is increasing over the years. Because why? Because, in Malaysia, the health care is subsidized. Most people in Malaysia go to public hospitals, this include unskilled, semiskilled and skilled because it is way cheaper compared to private. Lets say most of skilled people go to private but 90% of semiskilled still go to public. When semiskilled and unskilled are receiving the same benefit from the health care system why only unskilled people prone to die compared to semiskilled?

2. Actually, if we view this only from the medical point of view, we really cannot see the whole picture of it. We can eliminate most of the factors because they are not justifiable enough. But some do justify such as education which lead to health awareness. But most of the factors listed are not the answer to why the mortality rate among unskilled is increasing. It only answers why there is difference in the mortality rate among the professions.Other reasons such as Salary, Environment, Living condition, occupational risks are the result of the condition called Human Exploitation which will be my answer to the question. This factors aroused due to the exploitation results in high mortality rate among unskilled. So the root for the problem is The Exploitation of Human Resource.

3. What I think is happening especially in the Asian countries are that the exploitation of human resource. It’s just as simple as that. The exploitation of human resource is the main reason being the rate of mortality among unskilled is increasing over the years.

4. In the world where the principle of the survival of the fittest is applied, with our negligence and ignorance, we allow this exploitation to happen. How many hard labours are paid adequately by the employers? How many hard labours are being protected by the health insurance? They can be count with fingers. But how many housemaids are being abused? How many hard labours died at the workplace because of lack of safety precaution? How many unskilled workers’ right has been violated? They are numerous.

5. With the rocketing of technology in medicine, why that is the mortality rate among the unskilled is keep on rising where instead logically it is supposed to decline. With better technology and all we can ensure the safety of the people better. But that is not the case. People might think, in the world of technology human resource is becoming irrelevant. But the truth is, in this very world of technology, it is even easier for us to exploit human resource for our own good. In the desperation of life, people are willing to do anything to survive. The men are willing to do anything to feed his family and the women are willing to make sacrifice for the sake of the family. But, we, people with power and ability, ignorantly abused what have been given to us. We take human life for granted. We don’t value human life as it should be. You don’t have to go to the Palestine or Afghanistan to witness that, just look beside you, in your own country, this very thing is happening. How many stories of housemaids being abused we heard in the news? Lots of them. In the pursuit of greed over success, we are exploiting the human life. We are using the reason of providing them the opportunity to work as the cover of our true intention. If we are really concern about other people we will do it in the right way.

6. This is just my humble-boring opinion which might be wrong..but I like to think of the issue that way…Its Boring Boring Boring kan??kan dah cakap jangan baca..degil…amek ko..haha