Commenter and Guest columnist Snark pontificates on new economic data suggesting that the recession is starting to take a toll on women, too:
During this year’s mancession, we men have faced a lot of stick – in fact, we’ve had our noses rubbed in very serious problems that happened through no fault of our own, and that happened to us specifically because we are men.
Women mocked us for losing our jobs. They belittled us for our poverty. They kicked us when we were down and implicitly advocated that our extermination should follow – as in Hannah Rosin’s hate screed ‘The End of Men,’ a piece celebrating men’s humiliation for the whole world to titillate at.
But, there were a few of us who said all along that what goes around comes around – that the only reason men were losing their jobs was because more of them worked in the private sector, whereas women tend to make a living in the public sector. And the latter depends upon the former for its survival – meaning that a huge loss of jobs in the private sector necessitates huge cuts to the public sector, where women work.
Indeed, this is fairly basic economics; but apparently beyond the intellectual capabilities of Hannah Rosin and those other feminists who showed their true colours once they thought they had begun their permanent victory in the battle of the sexes. We knew better – there was simply no way that a He-cession would not turn into a She-cession.
It was inevitability; simply a matter of time, we said, before the shoe is on the other foot.
Those thoughts kept us smiling through those dark times.
December 15th, 2010: it’s official. In the UK, women have lost more jobs in the recession than men, and this is only the beginning of what will become record levels of female unemployment. Already, the numbers are at their lowest since 1988.
It’s been a tough year. We’ve taken a lot of bashing at a time when we were at our most vulnerable. We were twice victimised – once by the banks and their government minions, and then again by women who blamed us, scorned us, left us, impoverished us further, or lobbied for the redirection of construction industry stimulus packages into the hands of teachers and social care workers whose jobs weren’t even threatened.
Well, ladies, turns out you’re the biggest recession losers. If it’s happening in the UK today, it’s bound to hit America tomorrow – and most other places, I should think.
I can only assume that Hannah Rosin and her misandrist friends will play the Woman Card – or even better, the Womenandchildren Card – demanding sympathy (as a right!), sharing sob stories with puppy dog eyes, because, y’know, as with all bad things, it’s even badder when it happens to the chicks.
Sniff.
I would like to take this occasion to solemnly proclaim that we are witnessingThe End of Women, and may no man shed a single tear nor feel one iota of sympathy for them now that the chickens coming home to roost. In fact, since women have spent the last year systematically violating The Golden Rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – I think we should do all we can to mock, belittle, flip off and tear down the newly unemployed females.
And as a man who was unemployed for half of this year, but who managed to find decent employment with a decent wage after having my face repeatedly spat in by brats like Hannah Rosin – I am happy to say I will be enjoying this season’s festivities with family, in financial security, and with plentiful food and gifts.
But I am not without a heart, and I feel for those poor women struggling to make ends meet.
Tell you what, ladies – come around my way on the 26th, and I’ll leave some moldy carrots and potato peelings out on the street for you. Hey – it’s Christmas!
