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Job losses hitting men harder than women

Four-fifths of the 2.74 million people who lost their jobs between November 2007 and November 2008 were men. The economic crisis is seeming to hit men much harder than women in the workplace, largely because male dominated industries like construction and transportation are bearing the brunt of job losses. Meanwhile women are strongly represented in sectors that are still growing like education, government and healthcare.

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