The US is going through a major recession. Banks are nervous about lending while businesses of all sizes are holding back on hiring or expansion until the tax and regulatory future seems more certain.
With Democrats in power, there is much more of an affirmative action ethic to government hiring. Women, minorities, and professional leftists are de facto preferred. Effective, hard-working men need not apply unless their politics favor the current administration.
This is great news for single women seeking a professional career. As men are sidelined to make more room for ever more women, the marketplace is realizing women make better government workers. They don't make waves, don't try to change or improve the system, and take advantage of leave and maternity programs which make politicians look caring and open-minded.
Meanwhile, the universities are struggling to attract young men who seem more interested in drugs, frisbee golf, or playing video games. Fewer men are heads of families and no longer are moral or spiritual leaders in their homes, merely another paycheck who needs to mind his place.
Interestingly enough, the dramatic inroads women have made in government and private industry have coincided with dramatic increases in prison incarceration rates of young men. More and more men are struggling to get by at the same time much more is expected of them. Part of this desperation is men cutting corners and doing stupid things to try and get ahead.
Nobody remembers the boom-time of easy mortgages and no-income verification loans. Thousands of guys lost their jobs and spent time in jail for making fraudulent loans. Many other guys are in hot water for not paying half their income to the IRS on time, bouncing from one sales job to another. Even more are underemployed and mowing lawns or painting houses in their spare time for cash.
Whole neighborhoods are filled with single women with high-powered careers at major companies. More and more women are wondering where all the men are. Where are the highly successful guys that are ready to date a six-figure earning woman? Why do most guys want a woman who earns less?
The market and society doesn't care about these questions. Ordinary men are falling further behind economically, socially and spiritually. Meanwhile, the opportunities for professional women are expanding dramatically. This kind of imbalance doesn't last forever.
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