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Men Falling Behind Women (in Schools and Employment)
MSNBC ^ | 3/5/2011 | Lester Holt

Posted on 03/06/2011 10:08:04 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o

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To: A_Former_Democrat

>But that’s not the real world.

I never said it was.
I merely presented a counter-example that answers the question you presented, which was:
“Even if the college numbers are true, can’t the “78% of jobs lost belonged to men” be a reflection that after it’s all said and done, males still dominate the workplace?”

It *could* be the case, but it is not *necessarily* the case. {Akin to saying all positive integers are natural numbers, but not all natural numbers are positive integers.}

>That would be like if the NBA eliminated some franchises, someone could say, well that’s not fair, as 80% of the “layoffs” were black. In a male dominated workplace, layoffs are going to be disproportionately male, especially since they occupy the highest paid positions.

Ah, but do they also dominate the lowest paid positions as well, like the janitor example?

>In order for layoffs to disporportionately affect females, they would have to occur at the admin/nursing/teaching spots, etc where females tend to dominate.

And that was the point of citing that the 78% were male-dominated: things like construction.
The female-dominated sectors will be coming soon: just look at WI (or NJ) and teachers; it will be most informative to notice how the budget-cuts in education are distributed (or not) between teachers-proper and admin.


61 posted on 03/06/2011 12:17:45 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: bcr100
Well, right now the job market stinks for everybody. But overgrown boys posing as men making babies without a job and going to jail for crimes since too lazy to do anything else has been going on long before the economy went down the toilet.

Simmer down, troll.
62 posted on 03/06/2011 12:36:20 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: utherdoul
Hell if things keep up like this I wonder if a bullet to the head would be so bad.

Yeah, but to whose head? If you get my drift...
63 posted on 03/06/2011 12:43:42 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: fatnotlazy
I see all the women working in our area...Supermarket, library, secretarial duties, teachers, nurses

They may have a degree but they hardly dominate the male professions and/or traqdes...doctors, engineers, electricians, plumbers, highway maintenance....

Generally, they're sitting at desks doing data input....Nothing wrong with that....

64 posted on 03/06/2011 12:45:24 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: wolfman
Then they see the institutions of marriage and family being slowly destroyed and lose incentive to work hard to provide, not trusting in the veracity of these institutions any more. Really, it it any big mystery as to why men have thrown up their hands?

That's not all; consider the legal-system and "domestic violence" restraining orders. A man can be immediately stripped of his right to bear arms, without a jury-trial, simply because a [ex-]girlfriend wants him to suffer.

65 posted on 03/06/2011 12:53:49 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Decades of Ritalin. Look at those stats and the forced drugging of many more young males than females.


66 posted on 03/06/2011 12:57:34 PM PST by George from New England (Escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: George from New England

Did it really take 65 posts before someone hit the nail on the head ???


67 posted on 03/06/2011 12:59:01 PM PST by George from New England (Escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The gender gap in college is a serious issue with implications for the future. Naturally, the feminists dismiss it and say the real problem is not enough girls in whatever field.


68 posted on 03/06/2011 2:43:56 PM PST by NailInACoffin
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To: DaxtonBrown

You’re right up to a point. However, I know of many conservative women who are nurses and teachers. I can honestly say, though, that I’ve never met a conservative social worker. I don’t think I’ve even met a moderate social worker.


69 posted on 03/06/2011 3:26:29 PM PST by conservativebuckeye
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To: Mrs. Don-o

“And where are the men going? “

They are looking for their nads which were lost to PC a few years back!


70 posted on 03/06/2011 4:09:25 PM PST by chooseascreennamepat
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To: umgud

Thanks! I laughed til I cried. That was insanely hilarious. I don’t know if it is by design or just me, but the dynamics of all of the frozen men running caught my eye instantly and the last thing my eyes scanned was the kid holding the sign, so it worked like a good punchline.

Man, that was hilarious! Thank you. I needed that. “Dad” indeed. Classic.


71 posted on 03/06/2011 11:12:04 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Don't confuse Obama's evil for incompetence.)
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To: WriteOn

Thinking about this for The Younger Son.


72 posted on 03/07/2011 5:13:49 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("It is our choices, far more than our abilities, that show us what we truly are. " -- J.K.Rowling)
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To: Michael Barnes

Whym because I was describing you?


73 posted on 03/08/2011 5:17:07 PM PST by bcr100
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To: fr_freak

Make me dough boy.


74 posted on 03/08/2011 5:18:01 PM PST by bcr100
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To: WriteOn

Wake up and see the world.


75 posted on 03/08/2011 5:18:33 PM PST by bcr100
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To: Nonstatist

Look at reality and get your head out of stats and your behind Betty.


76 posted on 03/08/2011 5:21:11 PM PST by bcr100
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To: annieokie

There are many lazy men today. I see them all the time and are first to bitch and complain about their lives. The men in this country are a sad bunch. Too many excuses and not taking responsiblity and growing up. Fortunately that isn’t me.


77 posted on 03/08/2011 5:24:31 PM PST by bcr100
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To: bcr100
Make me dough boy.

Bwahahahaha. You had two days to think of a comeback and this is all you could come up with? And, as far as internet tough guy stuff goes, this doesn't even qualify as mildly offensive.
78 posted on 03/08/2011 6:02:11 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak

Um yeah, more like a couple seconds needed, but even that seems like wasted seconds on a mental midget who types in his mother’s basement. Wow.


79 posted on 03/08/2011 6:20:06 PM PST by bcr100
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To: bcr100
Glad to hear you are not one of them.

You are correct on all the other. They learn it young.

The person who told me of his plans, said the young men at college discussed this and they all had this frame of mind.

Get a little lady, get her to work. That way, they don't have to, much. And I think that was the mindset of so many and they passed this down to their sons.

The little lady didn't know what was happeing, she only thought she was a "Helping Hand", little did she know it was a planned scam on her, while he was out playing his sports, carousing around, etc., whatever. She had no clue, UNTIL

She found out what he was doing with a sweetie on the side, at her expense. She dumped him, struck out on her own. Many youngs girls now, saw that lesson, and have decided if they have to work and bring home the bacon, they don't need a HIM around to support.

Question is: How do we get it sorted out and back to what it is supposed to be. I think it is too late,hope I'm wrong. God has a plan.

80 posted on 03/08/2011 7:54:28 PM PST by annieokie
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