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10 Reasons Why It's Better To Be a Woman

Zac Frank

May 07, 2009

1. In this recession, you are more likely to keep your job.

A lot of people are losing their jobs right now, but it is disproportionately affecting us men. In February 2008 the unemployment rate for men and women who had gone to college but did not graduate was the same: 4.1 percent. Today it’s 8.9 percent for men but only 6.3 percent for women. That might be because for a long time discrimination kept women out of blue-collar jobs, the hardest hit by the current downturn. Women, it seems, are better prepared for the jobs of the new economy. Are we men now paying our karmic tab for keeping you out of these jobs in the past?



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    eileen11

    10 months ago

    28 comments

    yes we do

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    sbcarter

    10 months ago

    12308 comments

    Very entertaining piece to read!

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    Belkis

    10 months ago

    152 comments

    The best is number 7 - my budget for booze is a lot less! I can walk into a bar with one penny and hammer a few drinks. Love it!

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    jcatlett

    10 months ago

    4 comments

    Haha, thanks for the reminder of how we still have it good.

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