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More laid-off men means more Mommy Breadwinners
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS ^ | 02/17/2009 04:57:55 PM PST | Patrick May

Posted on 03/01/2009 7:44:47 PM PST by staytrue

"Men losing more jobs than women has been the case in every recession since the early '80s, which was the first time we saw this massive structural switch away from manufacturing," Boushey said. "The losses are much sharper now, and the gap between men and women's unemployment rates has never been as high" in the past quarter-century.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: layoff; manufacturing; men
Women and minorities not hardest hit.

But seriously, it is time for the media to stop the man bashing and start treating people (men and women) as human beings.

1 posted on 03/01/2009 7:44:47 PM PST by staytrue
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To: staytrue

Women have good qualities as employees. I found that women who worked for me were incapable of standing up to me or telling me ‘no,’ where men could do some more comfortably and when appropriate.

Women love to say ‘they balance career and family,’ but the fact is, they will tell their husband to go to hell much easier than they will tell their boss to go to hell. Same with their kids - they will pick their boss’s demands over their children’s demands consistently.

They do have their downsides as employees, but truth is, a woman won’t stand up to a male or female boss nearly as much as a male employee will stand up to a male or female boss..


2 posted on 03/01/2009 7:50:30 PM PST by Ted Grant
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To: staytrue

For years schools have been wringing their hands because boys continue to score better in math than girls. Yet the dropout rate, ADHD, Special ed, rate of boys is way higher than girls.

They don’t seem too concerned about it.


3 posted on 03/01/2009 8:11:45 PM PST by djwright (I know who's my daddy, do you?)
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To: djwright

When we are starving, I am going to eat liberal women first. Sarcasm of course.


4 posted on 03/01/2009 8:19:54 PM PST by lookout88 (.combat officer's dad,)
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To: staytrue
This is the case with at least two of the women who work with me.

A majority of the factories here in E-Town are centered around the auto industry (windshields, hydraulic brakes, truck frames), so the slowdown in vehicle production has hit us pretty hard. Fortunately, BRAC is about to send 3,500 civilian jobs to Fort Knox, most of which will be local hires.

5 posted on 03/01/2009 8:21:19 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.-Robert E.Lee)
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To: lookout88

Bad meat will make you sick.


6 posted on 03/01/2009 8:21:20 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: staytrue

I was a stay at home dad before I had kids. This caused problems at play group.


7 posted on 03/01/2009 8:29:00 PM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: staytrue

I hate those stupid white man commercials..you know where the white guy always does something stupid and his wife saves the day.


8 posted on 03/01/2009 8:29:06 PM PST by Radl (rtr)
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To: Radl

Those commercials are aimed at women. The aim is to flatter the woman, make her feel smarter.


9 posted on 03/01/2009 8:33:59 PM PST by Huck (Palin is perfect just where she is....in Alaska.)
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To: staytrue

Men probably get laid off first because they make more money.


10 posted on 03/01/2009 8:34:21 PM PST by Huck (Palin is perfect just where she is....in Alaska.)
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To: Radl
I hate those stupid white man commercials..you know where the white guy always does something stupid and his wife saves the day.

I can't identify with products I see in those commercials, they're a metal write-off afterward. Its like the product doesn't exist anymore.

11 posted on 03/01/2009 9:06:56 PM PST by Spirochete
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To: Radl

Like putting the new toilet paper on the roller?


12 posted on 03/01/2009 9:58:59 PM PST by pnut22
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To: staytrue

I drive pizzas, at night. I won’t let my wife do that, nor does She want to.

Think about it!


13 posted on 03/01/2009 10:14:35 PM PST by PizzaDriver (an heinleinian/libertarian)
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I deliver pizzas at night too. It can be dangerous out there. Have your tips been going down, because mine have been stinking. I’ve noticed pizza consumption is a pretty good indicator of economic health. The way it looks to me is that we’re heading for a looong recession.


14 posted on 03/01/2009 10:21:07 PM PST by TheThinker (Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
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