[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n a page one story, the New York Times said that as the economy sours and layoffs continue, we may soon find more women in the American workforce than men. “The proportion of women who are working has changed very little since the recession started,” the Times reported. “But a full 82 percent on the job losses have befallen men, who are heavily represented in distressed industries like manufacturing and construction. Women tend to be employed in areas like education and health care, which are less sensitive to economic ups and downs, and in jobs that allow more time for child care and other domestic work.”

[Leanan]

Something similar happened during the Great Depression. Women found it easier to get and keep jobs than men did, because their pay was lower.

[perdition79]

I hope some no-nonsense men take over some of our bureaucratic gynocracies. Nothing is worse than dealing with the incompetent, intransigent, passive-aggressive women in government offices. Especially the ones who talk without moving their jaws; that should be a Federal crime for anyone who's not a ventriloquist. I figure an air of competence will last for a year or so, before the men start cycling along with their female co-workers.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('perdition79', 'I') hope some no-nonsense men take over some of our bureaucratic gynocracies.

[jasonraymondson]

Pretty sure the guy you just quoted has a tiny penis

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ear teh wymyn!

[idiom]

I thought I was supposed to be a shiftless no-account to give the women a fair chance.

At least its working, cuz it sucks.

[TreebeardsUncle]

So, does this mean much?

I think the article was correct in saying that men are concentrated in blue collar manufacturing and construction jobs that have seen a lot of layoffs.

Also men tend to gravitate to the sciences, engineering, and technical fields in which there also have been quite a few layoffs.

There are more women in clerical, education, medical, and government jobs which have seen comparatively fewer layoffs.
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[Pretorian]

women are much better sellers in general than men. I attribute it to inability of some men to speak with a woman and a small dick syndrome.

[Tanada]

I think this is mostly the result of the first wave in the ripple effect. Without those blue collar workers people who service them (keep it clean people) by providing resturaunt food, car washes, maid services and so on and so forth will start getting pinched out of a job. Sure there are more female teachers and nurses, but there are a lot more female wait staff that will soon be out of work because the lay offs have a cascade effect.

Unfortunately TPTB decided to make the USA a Service based economy completely ignoring the fact that service workers have to have paying customers to stay employed. Take out the last of the Manufacturing jobs and how many service workers do you need? Slow the economy and bussiness travle and eliminate liesure travle and how many motel/hotel staff do you need? Predominantly those jobs are female workers.