to: hotpants's dad (an economic expert)
from: hotpants
date:Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:43 AM
subject: this recession kinda sucks right
...the coffee shop i'm working at is filled with only men between late 20s and early 40s. 6 mo ago it would have been mostly moms and their little ones at this hour. there is at least one employed cop. (1 out of 9) they could be "working from home" or this could be an anomaly, but given that at the clinic last night there were at least 3 men who came in who used to have insurance, but don't anymore b/c of being laid off, i'd guess that recession has something to do with this.
-hotpants
(hotpants inserted comment: i thought at 1st i wouldn't blog about this b/c it assumes a bit about the sexes and other things, but my dad talked to me into it...)
to: hotpants
from: hotpants's dad
date: Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM
subject: this recession kinda sucks right
... it would be very good for you to blog something that suggests males are people worthy of the sympathy of all. (hp inserted comment: hey i did just talk about the detroit workers, many of which are male.) Indeed, all you have to do is report what you reported to me. I try very hard to use concrete observation in my classrooms. And, you don't have to give a complete sociological analysis on the biases of your observations either.
I just did a mental calculation about plausible rates of recovery and the fastest rates of recovery would get us close to full employment in 2 1/2 years if recovery started now. Which it hasn't.
(hotpants' comment post-emails: crap that sucks! stay in school if you can!)
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A recent newsweek article quoted the statistic that of the 3.7 million people laid off since the start of the economic downturn in Sept of 2007, more than 4 out of 5 have been male. Sucks. Reason for more males being laid off than females? Ladies still earn about 71-74 cents to a dollar earned by men in the same job. Simply put, we're cheaper labor. That sucks, too.
maybe dissertations with lengthy time frames aren't so bad?
When did the author get a job at a coffee shop?
no, in fact i was "working from home," but good question. you might also say i was working on staying in school for as long as possible.
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