Women's Unemployment Surpassed Men's For The First Time In Years

Women's Unemployment Surpassed Men's For The First Time In Years
FILE -- In a Jan. 28, 2012 file photo, job seekers Cameo Taylor, left, and Angelique McGuire, center, both of San Francisco, wait in line to register at a Career Fair event in San Francisco. Mitt Romney says "92.3 pecent of the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women." However more men than women have lost jobs since the recession began. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg/file)
FILE -- In a Jan. 28, 2012 file photo, job seekers Cameo Taylor, left, and Angelique McGuire, center, both of San Francisco, wait in line to register at a Career Fair event in San Francisco. Mitt Romney says "92.3 pecent of the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women." However more men than women have lost jobs since the recession began. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg/file)

For the first time in more than six years, the unemployment rate for adult women (those over age 20), seasonally adjusted, has surpassed that for adult men.

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