In this economy where all the conventional wisdom regarding the job losses and the effect of outsourcing has been studied wide, there is another thing which has changed the dynamics of the job market. It is that more and more women are becoming breadwinners and the only one to support their families, when their husbands and boyfriends lose their jobs.
Although women still make less than men but they are becoming an increasing part of the workforce. Some of the men enjoy this role of being a stay at home dad and connect with their kids and some of the women resent the fact that all the burden of the household budget is on them but it is an earth shattering shift and it can and will have a profound effect on the American society as a whole and men in particular.
This is happening since men who did not have college education and whose jobs were in the construction and manufacturing have been losing jobs faster than women who were traditionally in the retail and the office environment.
Women have also being in the college more and are outstripping men in all the fields of educational institution and thus have far more chances to advance and hold on to their jobs then men do. It can have some psychological effect on men (not all of them) that the traditional role of men of being a breadwinner is being eroded and the domestic situation in some cases can be drastic but instead of dealing it with some self pity and regret, men can still take charge by educating them more (by being going to college or some technical skill) and contributing to their household. In this way they will feel more participant in the household budgets and also will appreciate their women more.
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