>
> * The sorts of jobs that predominantly men held
> under socialism got
> destroyed by the restoration of capitalism more than
> the sorts of
> jobs that women did.
Me: We're talking 1992-1994 here -- the economy was still pretty Soviet as far as employment policy was concerned (Peter may correct me if I'm wrong). Not many jobs got destroyed, though there was the problem of wage arrears.
>
> * Men are in less demand than women in the sorts of
> industries
> (retail, tourism, personal service, etc.) that
> neoliberal capitalism
> tends to foster.
Hard to describe the Yeltsin era as "neoliberalism." Russia's economy qua % of GDP is mostly based on natural-resource-extraction and -processing industries, which are men-heavy. I don't know about percentage of the workforce in that sector however.
>
> * More men than women are socialized to think that
> wage labor is
> integral to their identity and self esteem, so
> unemployed men tend to
> get more depressed than unemployed women.
Yes, I think this was a big factor. AFAIK, in fact, in Soviet days, while men were required by law to work, then was not true of married women, who could become full-time housewives. (Women were paid less than men, too.)
>
> * When angry or depressed, men are better at self
> destruction than
> women due to their socialization.
>
This was also a big factor, I think, esp. because of the alcohol factor.
> * Biologically, men are the weaker sex, so they
> tend to conk out a
> lot sooner than women in a time of extreme
> adversity. "We will bury
> you."
>
La Femme Nikita! ;)
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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