What is it with Employers and their Ego Complex of Having the Upper Hand? Psychology of an Abuser

The anatomy of an abusive employer

If we look at how employers treat domestic workers that work for them a lot of times, it's almost as if they have this weird obsession with wanting to be superior than those working under them. While I do acknowledge the importance of being able to control the people who work under you and assign them their tasks in a way where they actually listen to you, but I want to focus on the extreme here. This 'extreme' happens way more often than what a supposed normal situation should look like.

I spoke with local gardeners around my house and they informed me about how previous employers have attempted to verbally threaten them with physical punishments for not doing their work and have even used racial slurs against them. Believe it or not, this isn't exactly a rare one-of situation. It epitomizes the treatment and stories of millions of domestic workers.

So, what exactly pushes these employers to want to be this discriminative and exploitative? What sort of mindset is built within their minds stimulating them to resort to these derogatory behaviors? What pattern can be identified with how their minds work?

Psychological studies show how for someone to discriminate like a lot of these employers do, they usually think that their 'power' is the green signal for them to practice these behaviors. This can link back to some sort of hierarchy maintained at workplaces with domestic workers. The whole idea that these workers are poor and less educated automatically making them inferior in status. When I say 'hierarchy' I'm not speaking about the different positions in job and their ranking, I'm talking about the link that has been created of these job positions to a supposed social status. This superiority complex fuels employers to think that it is okay for them to do so, because they are higher in rank.

Another psychological link that can be identified is of that with the lack of consequences. There has been a patter of neglect and ignorance with these problems. Seeing the lack of action taken does 2 things.

1. It makes the victims of this exploitation think that speaking out about this issue will be pointless.

2. It makes the exploiter think that they can continue doing what they were doing because nothing will be done about it.

And thus, continues a cycle of abuse and silencing that domestic workers have to go through on a daily basis.

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