I was browsing through the New York Times and read this article on how women are dominating the labor force. With the economy in a recession 82% of job cuts are hitting males. According to Catherine Rampell she writes "women are poised to surpass men on the nations payrolls, taking the majority for the first time in history. However this article does explain that job cuts for males has nothing to do with gender equality, but that women dominated fields such as education, healthcare and childcare aren't sensitive to the economic slowdown. Whereas male dominated fields such as manufacturing and construction are suffering from the job losses.
This article caught my attention because I couldn't believe that women for the first time are leading the men in something. This is a change to society because for years men have always played the roles in being the breadwinners to families and made the majority of the payroll. Women in the past years main job were being caregivers and housewives However, times have changed and women are working more and raising families. With the increase in males losing their jobs it maybe the women will now be the breadwinners in their households.
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