What is Housemaid debate?
[[File:ModelC5 1912.jpg|thumb|Some people referred to household employments of older days.]] The '''housemaid debate''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.envplan.com/fulltext_temp/0/a261235.pdf|title=Occupational sex segregation in a 'woman-friendly' society -- the case of Sweden|publisher=Environment and Planning|author=G. Forsberg|date=13 July 1993|accessdate=31 August 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> or '''maid debate''' is a political discussion in [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Lang-sv|Pigdebatten}}</ref> It begun on 18 July 1993 when Swedish [[economics|economist]] [[Anne-Marie Pålsson]] proposed [[tax deduction]]s for [[household service]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20100916/29046|title=Maids in Sweden|publisher=Local|language=English|author=Paul O'Mahony|date=16 September 2010|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quing.eu/files/WHY/kvist_carbin_harjunen.pdf|title=Domestic Services or Maid|publisher=Qung|language=English|author=Elin Kvist, Maria Carbin, Hannele Harjunen|accessdate=23 January 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235354/http://www.quing.eu/files/WHY/kvist_carbin_harjunen.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many [[right-wing politics|right-wing politicians]] supported the proposal. They thought it would reduce [[unreported employment]]. Many [[left-wing politics|left-wing politicians]] expressed negative thoughts. They said it would increase social class gaps. The left-wing politicians pointed to the time before the 1970s, when many girls were employed to live-in and work for wealthier families. The discussion has later reappeared. Often, it has reappeared during [[elections in Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://folket.se/nyheter/eskilstuna/1.186451 |title=Folket, 17 November 2001 - ''Köpa städhjälp eller inte debatteras på Faktorimuseet'' |access-date=23 January 2015 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926115320/http://folket.se/nyhe