From the
New York Times:
[The] recession has disproportionately hurt men, who are more likely to work in cyclically sensitive industries like manufacturing and construction. Women, on the other hand, are overrepresented in more downturn-resistant sectors like education and health care. [For] the first time in American history women are coming close to representing the majority of the national work force. It would of course be a bittersweet milestone, given that it comes primarily as a result of men’s layoffs.
Plus this graph from the
US Bureau of Labor Statistics speaks for itself:
It would not be unreasonable to expect a similar pattern in Canada and other western nations.
Canadian Dollar Exchange Rate
