American Men Dominate Jobs Recovery Taking 88% of Spots: Economy

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-03/american-men-dominate-jobs-recovery-taking-88-of-spots-economy.html

It took David Jeffrey more than a year to get back on his feet after losing his job at Sallie Mae. As of February, he is witness to the factory rebound that has boosted confidence among American men.

“If you’re not in manufacturing, jobs are hard to find,” said Jeffrey, 33, now a floor worker at a Panama City, Florida, plant for Arizona Chemical Ltd (ARZ)., a producer of biodegradable materials. “I have a lot of friends who are still out of work,” he said, thinking of some of the almost 700 people let go at the same time in late 2010 by the student-loan provider in the coastal resort town on Florida’s panhandle.

Men, who lost more than twice as many jobs as women during the worst economic slump since the Great Depression, have landed 88 percent of the non-farm jobs created since the recession ended in June 2009. The share of men saying the economy was improving jumped to 41 percent in March, compared with 26 percent of women, according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index’s monthly expectations gauge.

“The recovery is a mancovery,” said Heather Boushey, a senior economist at the Washington-based Center for American Progress. “I don’t see improvement for women in the past year, whereas for men this is the best year in years.”

[seabeyond]

1. take 'em out. pay women a lower wage. bring men back in at a lower wage

less benefits?????

[HiPointDem]

2. Men lost about 5 million jobs, women about 2 million. The media plays everything so as to divide

people into narrow little interest groups.

Women are now losing jobs disproportionate to men, most likely because of hits on the public sector, including education.

That story isn't being told. Instead, it's in this men v. women, blacks v. whites, etc. The story is that the ruling class is taking down workers generally, not a "mancovery". Which PR firm dreamed up that little catch-phrase? Because you can bet that it wasn't a spontaneous coining by Heather Boushey.

On edit: Actually, the job loss for men was bigger than I claimed:

In August 2009, the male unemployment rate stood at 10.9% while that of females was
8.2%. This 2.7 percentage point difference is the largest unemployment gender gap in the
postwar era. During the same period, there was a disproportionate decline in nonfarm
payroll employment for men than women. Nonfarm payroll employment fell 5.1 million
for men while it only dropped 1.8 million for women.

http://nyfedeconomists.org/sahin/GenderGap.pdf

[mnmoderatedem]

3. Thank you

well reasoned anaylsis. Pity we can't do more of that rather than be so devisive.

I distinctly remember when the recession was hitting hard, and it was pointed out that the job losses were primarily male, and saying to myself, that's not likely to get much media attention.

[HiPointDem]

4. You were right.

[KG]

5. yeah, any local temp co. could have me in a manuf. job in a couple of days making half of

what i made before the crash. some fucking 'recovery'.

[uponit7771]

6. 3/4 of jobs lost were filled by men...