1.0 link 149768 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-n-cohen/family-meet-the-new-reces_b_149768.html I previously questioned a stimulus package that disproportionately creates jobs filled by men - a point now made more persuasively by Linda Hirshman. But I have since realized that men are losing many more jobs than women in the current recession. A housing bust, which crippled construction, led to steep losses in manufacturing. In the previous recession (2001-02), technology declines led the way, dumping women almost as much as men. For the same reason, this recession is...

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