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by rada 5199 days ago
Oh come on. The "mansession" was a temporary phenomenon, largely due to the decline in higher paying jobs that are historically held by men.

Today, men's and women's unemployment rates are roughly the same:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/07/06/two-years-of-econo...

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/mancession-to-h...

http://www.nwlc.org/resource/modest-recovery-beginning-women

http://www.thenation.com/article/166468/one-mancession-later...

Generally, I find complaints about mancession more than a little skewed. The victim card only works if you cherry-pick your numbers, narrow them down to exact months, and ignore key metrics such as compensation, benefits, etc.