More women in the workforce. (flickr user Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com (cc: by))
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, we're soon likely to see a major shift in the gender balance of the working world. As early as this November, it's projected that for the first time in U.S. history, more women will be working than men. Add to this fact that 78 percent of the people laid off in the recent recession were men, and one sees a whole new picture of America's workforce.
We speak with Beth Kobliner, author of "Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties." She says the forces changing the demographics of the working world influence both men and women. Also, Sharon Meers, a former Goldman Sachs executive and co-author of "Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All by Sharing It All
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This was so blatantly anti-male it was disgusting. More men are being laid off and the focus was on how women are still suffering since they, according to one single poll, do more of the household chores. Hockenberry made on aside comment about men's suffering. Gee, thanks. More men are laid off and are suffering more than women but we get a story about women's suffering while they are succeeding? Could you be any more biased? Blather, blather, blather.
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