recovery leaves women behind

[niyad]

Recovery Leaves Women Behind
Recession hurt male-dominated sectors, but hiring is lagging for women
by Lorraine Mirabella

It became known as the "mancession" because the recent downturn battered industries dominated by men.



But the economic battle of the sexes has taken a turn. While the nation's nascent recovery has been slow and bumpy for just about everyone, it has been almost nonexistent for women.

Of the 1.3 million jobs gained in the U.S. in the past year, 1.1 million — nearly 90 percent — went to men, Department of Labor statistics show. Women gained just 149,000 jobs during that time. If you count jobs since the recovery officially started in July 2009, men gained more than 600,000 jobs while women lost 300,000, the figures show.

"The recovery is really not happening for women at all," said Joan Entmacher, vice president for family economic security at the National Women's Law Center in Washington. "It's a slow recovery overall, but it's really leaving women behind."

Some of the disproportionate gains by men were expected because women lost far fewer jobs during the recession, but economists say that doesn't fully explain the trend. Economists point out that public sector jobs more likely to be held by women are disappearing. And some hypothesize that jobless men have been making inroads in sectors traditionally dominated by women.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/21-1

[WatsonT]

1. There's a ways to go before we can fairly say women are being left behind

Men have a long way to go to catch up.

[niyad]

2. right, because the stats quoted in the article don't mean a thing, yes?

[Rage for Order]

3. Well, considering the recession never really happened for women at all...

It would follow that the recovery is really not happening for women at all.

:shrug:

[WatsonT]

4. There is a subset of the population that is only happy when finding problems

so adding these jobs can't possibly be a good thing, have to find an angle to make it horrible.

[niyad]

5. teah, like 90 per cent of those jobs going to men is truly wonderful, and al lthe lost women's jobs

are just . .what??? something totally inconsequential?

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. 12 months ago more women were employed than men...

... despite men having a labor force participation rate of 75% vs 61% for women. In other words, men were far more likely to be unemployed.

It's a good thing that the millions of unemployed men have found work since then. Period.

http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/trends/2008/0508/04ecoact.cfm

[WatsonT]

7. More men lost their jobs

more men are unemployed.

Are you saying men should not be given jobs?

Why?

How about we wait to freak out when men are getting most of the new jobs *and* we have equal unemployment rates between the sexes.

If the situation were reversed (women lost most of the jobs and regained most in the recovery) you'd be cheering this news.

[defendandprotect]

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