it's a mancession, baby

[Azazello1313]

It's Not Just a Recession. It's a Mancession!

 

What is a mancession, you ask? It's not this. It's a recession that hurts men much more than women, and we are allegedly in the worst mancession in recent history. Eighty percent of job losses in the last two years were among men, said AEI scholar Christina Hoff Summers, and it could get worse.

 

Here some graphs provided by Mark Perry, an economist from the University of Michigan who coined the term mancession that, with any luck, is not long for our world. Unfortunately this trend doesn't look to be reversing itself any time soon.

 

This following graph is particularly incredible, as it demonstrates that the difference between male and female unemployment is at a half-century high, with men taking a 2.5 percent lead. In the late 1970s and mid-1960s, it was women who were behind by that same margin. As Michael Mandel shows here, male unemployment in every age category is nearing a post-war record.

 

hit the link and check out some of the graphs

[nuke'em ttg]

not ta mention Lezbos & Turkey Basters

[CaP'N GRuNGe]

Makes sense to me, given the devastation in the construction/manufacturing sectors of the economy. Also, I guess companies can save more by cutting the higher paid male jobs and keeping the lower paid female jobs.