My other favorite pernicious myth of this recession is the story of the Mancession. This hit the high moment with Hannah Rosin’s article The End of Men in The Atlantic. This is the idea is that male employment has suffered in this recession, and the workforce has been overtaken by women because of the possibility that “postindustrial society is simply better suited to women.”
From Structural Unemployment Myths: Construction, Moving, Mancessions
Rortybomb on Structural Unemployment Myths. Wonky, but an easier read than you might think.
