The label "good," so flat and empty that we first took it as an obstruction, became
an unexpected point of entry. The power of "good" rested in the space left
open by its descriptive thinness and blandly approving sense.s6 Calling a Dutch
employer "good" clearly could place a dangerous story within a safe frame, as
when Ibu Soekati recalled "In my experience, I mean, all [of the Dutch I worked
for] were goodm-and then immediately described how she had been practically
raped by her employer while his wife and children were on vacation