Men = Job Losses; Women = Job Gains

Interesting article on Yahoo! Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/105040/The-Slump:-It

They eat from the same dishes and sleep in the same beds, but they seem to be operating in two different economies. From last November through this April, American women aged 20 and up gained nearly 300,000 jobs, according to the household survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). At the same time, American men lost nearly 700,000 jobs. You might even say American men are in recession, and American women are not.

What's going on? Simply put, men have the misfortune of being concentrated in the two sectors that are doing the worst: manufacturing and construction. Women are concentrated in sectors that are still growing, such as education and health care.

This article also goes on to address pay issues between men and women, which boil down to less pay for women.