More women supporting families

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2009-09-23 00:54

Article here. Excerpt:

'U.S. companies have shed nearly 7 million jobs since the start of the economic downturn in December 2007. Men have lost three of every four of those jobs, prompting some labor market watchers to dub this downturn the “he-cession.”

Half the job losses have occurred in male-dominated fields such as construction and manufacturing. The meltdown on Wall Street and in the housing market delivered another large contingent of men to the unemployment lines. Even if these industries recover, they’re not expected to replace all the jobs they shed.
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That change has led to major discomfort for some men who are still struggling with their new role. While his wife was willing to talk, Weishan declined to be interviewed for this story.

“It’s the elephant in the room that nobody’s talking about. There’s still this male breadwinner history and you have fragile [male] egos,” said Dr. Ira S. Wolfe, a Pennsylvania work force consultant and author of the book “The Perfect Labor Storm 2.0: Workforce Trends That Will Change The Way We Do Business.”'

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manonthestreet

All this is a bit like living in a surrealist pantomime. Just think for a moment. The Banks go bust yet it is the car worker and builder who lose their jobs. What a complete outrage. Look it should be the bankers and their employees who lost their jobs as it was their business that went bust. Tell you this for nothing - here in the UK go into any bank or building society and all you will see are female employees. So whose jobs get protected? That's right the sit on your bottom female bank employees, while the put your arse on the line builder is thrown to the wolves.

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Submitted by trotter on Thu, 2009-09-24 18:50

You're absolutely correct. I worked at a bank for over 5 years and 96% of the staff was female. Out of 300 employees, only 12 were men. I don't miss that place one bit.

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Submitted by the_captain on Sat, 2009-09-26 13:05