ft.com — he US recession has opened up the biggest gap between male and female unemployment rates since records began in 1948, as men bear the brunt of the economy’s contraction.Men have lost almost 80 percent of the 5.1m jobs that have gone in the US since the recession started, pushing the male unemployment rate to 8.8 per cent.
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Closed AccountApr 19, 2009
Men, take a break, let the woman do the work. Oh, and insist she make enough to hire a maid.Yes, I am being facetious.
Closed AccountApr 20, 2009
"Since women earn on average 20 per cent less than men...." Oft quoted, but not accurate. But since the article states. "Women, in contrast, tend to hold more cyclically stable jobs and make up 75 per cent of the most insulated sectors of all: education and healthcare." One can see why this is not the problem the writer is making it out to be. These same fields are not only recession resistant, but have the very best health and retirement benefits. That more than makes up for the money without benefits many men make. If you know teachers, then you know that many of them have husbands who work in benefitless, but well paying jobs. It does even out. Not that a family losing a large part of its income is not hard, it is, but keeping your expensive health care is not without its positives.
brad3378Apr 20, 2009
In an economy like this, there's no reason to waste money on a maid. You should be saving every penny you can. Just make your wife do the cooking & cleaning when she gets home from work.
jashobeam5Apr 20, 2009
What if the husband makes 50% of what the wife makes and also has no benefits? It's not as cut and dry as "get women out of business." Five years ago there was a trend of women leaving the workforce to stay home with the kids. Now they find their husbands are out of work and they are having to start looking for work. Women fear quitting now because they know their husband could be just one paycheck away from the unemployment line.