I Hate Being Called, Don't Call Me

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The woman often has to actually carry a quite heavy massage bed everywhere. She can already sense in their faces and in their tone that they've basically classified her as some sort of a cotancourt loose woman that they can further take liberties with. And then when she lands up in this particular er apartment complex to do her job, the platform company has told her that customers don't like being called, don't call them in advance. Just wait until you know the job time is is started,. Then just go to the apartment, find it and then ring the bell.

Paris Marx is joined by Noopur Raval to discuss India’s gig economy, the specific conditions of women who provide services through beauty and wellness apps, and how workers organize to improve their conditions.

Noopur Raval is a postdoctoral research fellow at the AI Now Institute at New York University. Follow Noopur on Twitter at @tetisheri.

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