The Gender Gap Closes In U.S. WorkForce

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-08-12 18:25:00 UTC
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Take a look at this piece by the New York Times today titled, "The Mancession."

It's been noted before that the economic crisis has hit men harder than women, "due to the fact that women are overrepresented in more downturn-resistant sectors such as education and health care, whereas men often work in cyclically sensitive industries like manufacturing and construction."

However, in the midst of this crisis, it is being reported that for the first time in American history women are coming close to representing the majority of the national work force - which is a very good thing in my mind and should not be considered a result of men losing their jobs, but a result of more women entering the workforce over time as seen in this graph below:

Of course there is still that pesky detail that women are paid 77 cents to the man's dollar. So despite growing equality in workforce representation, these numbers have yet to influence the female pay check.

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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