Women Will Rule the World

[Beacool]

Men were the main victims of the recession. The recovery will be female.


Rajni Bector, 67, a food specialist and one of the first female entrepreneurs in Ludhiana, Punjab India.

When historians write about the great recession of 2007–08, they may very well have a new name for it: the Mancession. It’s a term already being bandied about in the popular media as business writers chronicle the sad tales of the main victims of the recession: men. They were disproportionately represented in the industries hit hardest during the downturn, including financial services, manufacturing, and construction, and their higher salaries often put them first in the line of fire. Men are the victims of two thirds of the 11 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2007; in August 2009, when U.S. male unemployment stood at 11 percent (versus 8.3 for women), it was the largest unemployment gender gap in the postwar era. Those numbers have improved, a bit—new unemployment figures show men at 9.9 percent and women at 7.8—but not enough to stop Larry Summers, the president’s top economic adviser, from speculating recently, that “when the economy recovers, five years from now, one in six men who are 25 to 54 will not be working.”

If they are lucky, they’ll have wives who can take care of them. American women are already the breadwinners or co-breadwinners in two thirds of American households; in the European Union, women filled 75 percent of the 8 million new jobs created since 2000. Even with the pay gap factored into the equation, economists predict that by 2024, the average woman in the U.S. and a number of rich European countries will outearn the average man. And she’ll be spending that money: as a new book on female economic power, Influence, points out, American women are responsible for 83 percent of all consumer purchases; they hold 89 percent of U.S. bank accounts, 51 percent of all personal wealth, and are worth more than $5 trillion in consumer spending power—larger than the entire Japanese economy. On a global level, women are the biggest emerging market in the history of the planet—more than twice the size of India and China combined. It’s a seismic change, and by all indications it will continue: of the 15 job categories expected to grow the most in the next decade, all but two are filled primarily by women.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/06/women-will-rule-the-world.html

That's great for us gals, but what about the guys?

:o

[SwampG8r]

1. women already rule the world

but you knew that didnt you?
whats changed is women are not protecting the image that men have that they are in control
women have always controlled humanity

[Dennis Donovan]

2. From "Mother Earth" on down...

Behind every great man is an even greater Mother.:thumbsup:

[SwampG8r]

13. that should be amended to "or wife"

i had a terrible mother but i have a great wife
she saw the good in me and nurtured it
she saw what was bad and she corrected it
she saw what did not matter and ignored it
that is a great wife

[Turbineguy]

23. +!

[liberal N proud]

7. My wife says I can say yes!

[Beacool]

16. I don't know.

There are many places where women are still treated as second class citizens and not worth more than a goat. How about the poor woman that may be stoned to death in Iraq?

;(

[redqueen]

30. What a joke. (nt)

[NC_Nurse]

3. It'll be like when Obama got elected. We inherit a mess, then

get blamed for it. Great.

[CTyankee]

4. It has seemed in the past that when women take over jobs previously held by men

(such as secretary) they become less important jobs and pay less accordingly. I wonder if this will be the same thing: women filling jobs men had and being paid less for the same work...?

[WhiteTara]

6. that was my thought too. n/t

[Beacool]

17. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

I remember reading that in Russia there are so many female doctors that it's now considered a women's profession and accordingly remunerated less.

:-(

[redqueen]

31. That's why men were hit by the recession the hardest.

Get rid of the men, hire a woman for cheaper.

WE RULE THE WORLD THOUGH WOOOOOOO! :eyes:

[CTyankee]

5. dupe. self delete.

[Turbineguy]

8. When I put this on my Facebook page

I get "Recommended Pages" of Sarah Palin and Jan Brewer.

Yeah, like that will work better.

[Beacool]

35. Oh, not those two!!!

;(

[ensho]

9. mancession

interesting new word

[Beacool]

18. Yeah, first time I heard of it.

:D

[Silent3]

10. "...the average woman... will outearn the average man...

...And she’ll be spending that money"

OK, I've donned my asbestos protective gear.

I'm sorry to say, but the first thought that popped into my mind upon reading that was, "Think of all of those shoes!" :evilgrin:


:hide:

[Beacool]

19. Hey, I resemble that remark!!!

I loooove shoes. Just bought 4 pairs this weekend at Macy's. They were on sale, so I can feel righteous about the expense. It is also helping the economy.

:eyes:



:7

[lunatica]

11. In all honesty it's because women were kept out of the 'traditional' men's jobs

But I don't think women are doing the same to men. The 21st Century businesses may be started by women out of necessity but men will be part of it too.

But let's have a gender war. That ought to help things.

I'm willing to bet that by 2024 the job market will be equitable for both sexes, and hopefully all races.

[tularetom]

12. We'll always be needed to perform one function for the women

Loosening the lids on jars. :shrug:

[SwampG8r]

14. they have a machine now for that

we still have the bugs though
no machines for them and sprays "smell up the whole house"
so...
we still got bugs man!

[Beacool]

20. Ooohhh, you guys are handy for other things too.

Mowing the lawn, taking out the garbage, doing home repairs, taking the car to the repair shop, etc.

:D

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. To attain parity, 50% more men need college educations.

To get this to happen, more male teachers are required. It's a chicken/egg quandary.

[hayu_lol]

22. Few of these unemployed stats ever mention...

that unemployment among Black males is over 50% currently. Dunno what that does to the supposed 9.9% unemployment for (all) males.

Depressions are supposed to hurt. Just a shame when they begin to kill civilization as we have known it.

[TheKentuckian]

21. Unfortunately, women emulate the same practices as men did

Instead of old boy, you get the old girls club and the same old cut throat, take care of your friends, me first mentality.

Women assimilated the same bullshit culture meaning we'll get the same bullshit results.

Women are just as much the man as men ever were. Ain't damn thing changed but the faces and the plumbing.

The fight is between the haves and the have nots.

[redqueen]

32. "The fight is between the haves and the have nots."

Exactly.

Mark Morford put it very well I think: The Rise of Hugely Insufferable Women

[Forkboy]

24. They can have it.

[Beacool]

26. It's good to be queen.............

Queen Bea

:D

[Mimosa]

25. I'm for equality: neither sex should 'rule' n/t

[dionysus]

27. I'm gonna make a living selling these. want one maam? 19.99 please

:hi:

please behold, this sparkling new Banky(tm). Hand stitched with union labor;

[Beacool]

28. You're now charging for them?????

:-(

[dionysus]

29. well, i've got to eat! but i can, ahem ,arrange something special for you.

this one will be free;

:hi:

[Beacool]

34. Thank you!!!

:hug:

On second thought, what's with the "ahem"? How am I going to have to "pay" for this banky?

:o

[dionysus]

36. this banky "fell off the truck" when i wasn't looking, you dig?

;)

[Beacool]

37. Ooohhh, I see.............

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[DCBob]

33. You can have it..

Good luck! ;)