Posted on 06/04/2013 10:28:45 AM PDT by blam
Men In America Aren't Keeping Up With The Economy
Blaire Briody, The Fiscal Times
Jun. 4, 2013, 11:22 AM
Men – once the dominate sex in nearly every sector of society – seem to be falling far and fast.
A new Pew report finds that 40 percent of households with children under 18 have mothers who are the primary breadwinners – a dramatic rise from just 11 percent in 1960.
Women now earn about 60 percent of university degrees in America and Europe. Single women are increasingly becoming homeowners and a survey by Harris Interactive and Mortgage Marvel this week finds that women are more financially responsible when buying a home.
Of the 41 percent of Americans ages 18 to 34 who expressed interest in buying a home this year, 17 percent of men said their finances were “shaky” – whereas only 6 percent of women said the same.
Female breadwinners are also driving up their family wealth - when the mother is the primary breadwinner, the total median family income is nearly $80,000 – $2,000 more than when the husband is the breadwinner, according to the Pew survey.
What exactly has happened to men?
Many trace the beginning of this dramatic gender reversal to the days of the Great Recession when men were being laid off in droves – three-quarters of the 8 million jobs lost were lost by men, mainly in traditionally male-dominated industries like construction, manufacturing and finance.
The decline of labor unions has also disproportionately affected men. But as Hanna Rosin reported in her 2010 Atlantic cover story, “The End of Men,” the “mancession” was just the beginning. Thirteen of the 15 job categories projected to grow in the next decade are dominated by women.
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It most certainly can. Sometimes too you just need to turn your back and leave otherwise you will die of a million pecks until there is nothing left of you.
Interestingly enough, the same passive/aggressive strategy works both for and against government.
HAHAHAHA! Classic! Best TV character I’ve seen in a very long time.
Concur
I have had to supervise administrative staff consisting of primarily females.
Utter chaos. A combination of Jerry Springer, Maury and Survivor.
If there is no drama happening at the moment, someone will create it. It’s like drug to them.
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