[lbo-talk] The new disparity: women vastly outnumber men

[Somebody Somebody]

Matthias: This is an important point - the move of women from the home itself created demand for substitutes for the product of domestic labor. It's probably less coherent to speak of the entrance of women into work than the rationalization of women's work, whose efficiency gains allowed some female labor to be shifted to traditionally male sectors.'

Somebody: Well, don't forget that this thread was initiated by a discussion of women outnumbering men in undergrad and graduate programs both in terms of enrollment and graduation rates. Service industries that have substituted for domestic labor don't normally require post-docs.