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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?
eileen11
9 months ago
28 comments
yes we do
sbcarter
9 months ago
12286 comments
Very entertaining piece to read!
Belkis
9 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!
jcatlett
9 months ago
4 comments
Haha, thanks for the reminder of how we still have it good.