Women outrun men in regaining jobs since recession

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

WASHINGTON (AP) - The slowly recovering U.S. job market has helped women rebound faster than men: They've now regained all the jobs they lost to the Great Recession. Men are still 2.1 million jobs short.

And the gender gap is expected to persist until the job market is much healthier.

To understand why, consider the kinds of jobs that are, and aren't, being added.

Lower-wage industries, like retail, education, restaurants and hotels, have been hiring the fastest. Women are predominant in those areas. Men, by contrast, dominate sectors like construction and manufacturing, which have yet to recover millions of jobs lost in the recession.

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In this n April 4, 2012, file photo, Martina Ryberg, right, of Plymouth State University talks with Tara Rossetti of On Call International during a job fair for college students in Manchester, N.H. A report released Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, shows that U.S. women have recovered all the jobs they lost during the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

[BlueToTheBone]

1. Why not? At $.77 on the dollar, women

are a great bet. Hard working, dedicated, smart, ingenious and don't ever forget, cheap.

[mia]

6. couldn't have said it better

Women want to take care of themselves. I would rather work 2 or 3 jobs than be dependent on any man.

[AllyCat]

7. Beat me to that one. Women are cheaper to hire...

except for that pesky child-bearin' stuff.

[Major Nikon]

2. Not surprising

Construction and manufacturing jobs are the first to go and the last to come back during a recession which disparately affects men.

[jtuck004]

4. I don't care what Larry Summers says about the lack of ability, intelligence, etc.

Women can work the McJobs we are creating as well as ANY man...

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His first point was that women with children are often unwilling or unable to work 80-hour weeks. His second point was that in math and science tests, more males earn the very top scores, as well as the very bottom scores. He said that while no one knew why, "research in behavioral genetics is showing that things people attributed to socialization" might actually have a biological basis -- and that the issue needed to be studied further.

Several participants said that in making his second point, Summers suggested that women might not have the same "innate ability" or "natural ability" as men.

Summers' third point was about discrimination, and he said it was not clear that discrimination played a significant role in the shortage of women teaching science and engineering at top universities. However, he concluded by emphasizing that Harvard was taking many steps to boost diversity.

Summers' remarks were taped, but he has denied requests for a copy, saying it was a private, off-the-record meeting.
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Here.

A private, off-the-record meeting in front of 50 people.

Sounds as private as whatever Victoria is trying to keep secret...

[Skittles]

8. Summers is full of shit

[DallasNE]

5. We Already Knew That The New Jobs Are Disproportionally Part-time

And the sectors were already known so the only news here is that as many women are working today as at the start of the Great Recession and that is good news -- sort of. I would like to see a chart of jobs with benefits and another chart with health insurance (realizing the overlap).