women still have to deal with the pink tax, wage gap that widens over span of career, lack of medical studies that work for girls' & women's health, safety, ergonomic & industrial design that favors men, algorithmic bias against women, lack of representation in media, femicide and more.

April 10, 2026 - 15:56 UTC

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At least I'm not so stupid that I'll opine on this.
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we've had the discussion before - feel free to opine! the data shows what it shows. these things are complex. (and again, sexism is bad for women and men, both.)
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I’ve seen economists handwring harder over *teen* unemployment rates than women’s. Is it because women resort to different kinds of crime when strapped for cash?
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uh i have no idea but kinda seems like maybe the economists in question just don't care specifically about women?
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I really hate the labor participation statistic, because it's used for all kinds of things that are not really useful. but men still have a much higher labor participation rate than women (despite the last couple of years, women have had a general couple decades decline).
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and most of these new jobs are health care jobs which have historically been women's jobs, and the pandemic just accelerates that. so saying that men should take these jobs helps anything? how?
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There are also more women than men in the general population, aren't there? Roughly 171.77 million compared to 168.34 million men...?
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Okay but we are ALL going to have a lot of problems if we only view actual problems happening to men through the lens of female grief.

The most dangerous person in society is a disillusioned, single, broke young man. I mean that in like they'll literally burn it all down because society tells men
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spare me your “we” (i’m not participating in your hypothetical scenario)
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that they have to be the provider - and most women still expect this regardless of any feminism saying otherwise - and have to have a home etc. etc. etc. to progress in life as society requires. If we just strip away the ability for that...well you're just speed-running into fascism at that point
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Traditionally masculine jobs are easier to automate. Nobody cares whether a man or a machine performs hidden or emotionally void tasks.

Jobs where people find deep meaning in human connection are difficult or even impossible to automate.
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Girly and manly jobs? We have a totally f'd up understanding of gender.
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The hilarity of suggesting we get men interested in “girly jobs” under the overarching bend of the manosphere and most toxic masculinity that guides it.

Calling them “girly jobs” is so misogynistic, insulting, and overtly sexist to all genders.
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thank you
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Imagine saying "girly jobs" and "manly men" without acknowledging the patriarchal ideas that set up this dysfunctional way of viewing work.
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right?? Who thought that wording was a good idea? Ugh.
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the npr story observes that women are landing more jobs in healthcare right now, and that's been where US companies were hiring of late. (unfortunate oversimplified headline imo.)
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I was thinking wild how sexism caused to bury lede of: men should get into nursing and health aide work. Like wanting to say “girly” totally made them miss story
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here's the same reporter on women & pay: www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5758090/equal-pay-day-gender-wage-gap women have lost ground for the second year in a row.
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oh and don't forget about the gender *punishment* gap - www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/718964
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Seems to me I've seen many headlines that Black women have lost more jobs, especially in government than any other group. Is this article focusing on white women?
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If only nurses wore tactical gear, I'm sure men would then flood that market
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ha ha ha, like computer programming.
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not sure if the article touches on this, and I'm not reading it bc I don't want to encourage this type of storytelling, but it occurred to me that the data on college education among women vs men might answer the questions men are having
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