Posted on 07/22/2008 12:49:27 PM PDT by Sopater
When it comes to the workplace, they're facing the same troubles afflicting men.
Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the workforce, either permanently or for long stretches.
They had piled into jobs in growing numbers since the 1960s. But that stopped happening this decade, and as the nearly seven-year-old recovery gives way to hard times, the retreat is likely to accelerate.
For the first time since the women's movement came to life, an economic recovery has come and gone, and the percentage of women at work has fallen, not risen, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. In each of the seven previous recoveries since 1960, the recovery ended with a greater percentage of women at work than when it began.
When economists first started noticing this trend two or three years ago, many suggested that the pullback from paid employment was a matter of the women themselves deciding to stay home -- to raise children or because their husbands were doing well. But now, a different explanation is turning up in government data, in the research of a few economists and in a congressional study, to be released today, that follow the women's story through the end of 2007.
After moving into virtually every occupation, women are being afflicted on a large scale by the same troubles as men: downturns, layoffs, outsourcing, stagnant wages or the discouraging prospect of a pay cut. And they are responding as men have, by dropping out or disappearing for a while.
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Having children attend public school for a year drove my wife to stay home and homeschool.
This is sexist!...Why can’t I stay home and let the woman work? I have alot of things to do in the garage and back yard!
Yeah, something’s not right with this article. How many people can afford to just give up and sit home?
They'll probably get knocked up have a litter of bastards and live off welfare. Where I live that's what most women are doing instead of moving to where they can get jobs.
I’ve done transcription at home for years and really enjoy the ‘home’ aspect of it. Doesn’t pay much but it’s interesting and I can set my own schedule.
What about this?
Slumping economy: It's a guy thing
Men are losing jobs in this downturn, while women make gains
women and children hardest hit, lol
Oh that’s too funny. The MSM is at it again...making things up and contradicting itself.
This is interesting, and dovetails nicely with the “women must get jobs so the family can maintain its standard of living” meme. One thing is certain: one is true, the other is true, both are true, or neither is true.
>> Why can’t I stay home and let the woman work? I have alot of things to do in the garage and back yard!
You have to drink beer and surf in the garage??!? Put your foot down, man! It’s your house too. :-)
Let’s see...
The economy is “bad”. The price of EVERYTHING is going up at an alarming rate.
So the solution is to REMOVE one of the wage earners in the family from he work force (i.e. have them STOP earning money).
How does that work, again?
>> One thing is certain: one is true, the other is true, both are true, or neither is true.
Truth and Journalism are not related any more — not even distantly.
That’s funny. How am I supposed to know what to think if the MSM contradicts itself? The only thing that is clear is that we’re doomed of Obama doesn’t save us. (/s)
Just to decide "I quit" and walk away is a short road to hungry for the woman and the "litter of bastards" the woman somehow miraculously had all by herself.
And if ya ain't working, ya ain't movin'. First, last, deposit, moving van, gasoline. Some things are unattainable when you're on unemployment. Pretty tough to change residences.
“And choosing to live off of:”
I
1. raise 3 children
2. homeschool our children
3. take children to all appointments and activities
4. run errands that my husband can’t because he is at work
5. buy groceries and cook from scratch
6. clean house and teach children household responsibilities
7. I grind my own wheat, make my own breads, pastas, etc.
8. I pay the bills
9. I iron his dress shirts
10. I make his coffee for work
11. I make his lunch
12. etc....
I’m such a freeloader.
We did the math. She commutes 80 miles/day. Even with her paid-for, 27 MPG vehicle, the fuel and insurance is expensive.
She's considering taking a job working from home. She'll take a pay cut, but the reduced expenses will almost balance it out.
We don't have kids, but I imagine that those who do would see a net gain by reducing child care expenses.
I do.
Could be worse if you were a muslim.
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