Women are Outperforming Men, Should Men Be Worried?

rhunex · 2014-07-11T19:52:58+00:00

This is too be expected.

Say you start out with 100% of the work force being men, and 0% being women. If you move towards 50% men and 50% women, that necessarily means that you can have headlines like "Women making progress in the workforce!", because 50% is a huge improvement from 0%. The flip side is "The work force isn't looking great for men!", because 50% is definitely lower than 100%.

But the graph in the article listed is a bit different. It's essentially saying that ~90% of all men used to be in the work force(not that 90% of the workforce were men), and that has gone down to ~70%. Conversely, women started around ~30% and are almost up to ~60%. Should men be concerned? Maybe, but I see two major factors that could be contributing to this trend:

Baby boomers are retiring, and the baby boomer generation was heavily dominated by a workforce with men in it, which means there are more men retiring than women. I apologize, it seems to be hard to find statistics about retirement that aren't about savings, and I'm too lazy to keep looking, so it's anecdotal.
More women are working, which means there's more possibilities for stay-at-home dads, which means fewer men should be working. That's a good thing, isn't it? Certainly, one thing you see a lot on this forum is gaining more acceptance for stay-at-home or single dads, and here we have a statistic that helps us.

DavidByron2 · 2014-07-11T19:50:15+00:00

If they are this article provided no evidence of it.

The so-called wage gap is really a performance gap, or work gap. Women don't seem to be outperforming men, which is an indication of their privilege. Outspending men, yes. Outworking men, no.

Newbosterone · 2014-07-12T19:21:27+00:00

No, but women should . You can only run a con so long before the mark catches on.

While men were motivated under the old family structure, they absolutely detest the new child support system of family formation. Under the old system a man who married before fathering children could reasonably expect access to his children and the opportunity to direct their upbringing (in concert with his wife). Under the new system the children are de facto considered the property of the mother, whom the state compels him to pay so she can direct their upbringing generally as she sees fit. Since the new system has removed the incentive for men to work hard to provide for their families, it has to rely instead on threats of imprisonment to coerce men into earning “enough” income. Where men used to take pride in the birth of their children and celebrate with cigars, large numbers of men now fear fatherhood more than anything.

Title	Women are Outperforming Men, Should Men Be Worried?
Author	rockybalboapark
Upvotes	5
Comments	8
Date	July 11, 2014 7:01 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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