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Why men are in trouble
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Oct 05, 2011 04:05am |
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| Category | Editorial |
| Author | William J. Bennett |
| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 4, 2011 03:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CNN) -- For the first time in history, women are better educated, more ambitious and arguably more successful than men.
Now, society has rightly celebrated the ascension of one sex. We said, "You go girl," and they went. We celebrate the ascension of women but what will we do about what appears to be the very real decline of the other sex?
The data does not bode well for men. In 1970, men earned 60% of all college degrees. In 1980, the figure fell to 50%, by 2006 it was 43%. Women now surpass men in college degrees by almost three to two. Women's earnings grew 44% in real dollars from 1970 to 2007, compared with 6% growth for men.
In 1950, 5% of men at the prime working age were unemployed. As of last year, 20% were not working, the highest ever recorded. Men still maintain a majority of the highest paid and most powerful occupations, but women are catching them and will soon be passing them if this trend continues. |
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