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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by russdill on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:35PM (#22014494)
Keep in mind, the US population is 51% female. So there is still a higher percentage of employed males vs employed females.
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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by Sharlin on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:52PM (#22014677)
However that may be simply because there are more retired women than retired men (the former living longer than the latter).
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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by Bartweiss on Friday January 10, 2020 @06:56PM (#22016867)
Lifespans are the reason for that, and births are majority-male, so the adult stats are actually even more heavily female. But the 25–54 cohort is gender balanced, and women are the majority starting from 55–64, so the effect kicks in well before retirement.

(This also screws with the labor force participation stats, since unless you check "prime age" there's no upper age boundary.)

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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by jl2718 on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:14PM (#22014955)
There are ~5% more males by birth, ~100% more males by Visa, and ~40% more males by illegal immigration.
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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by magduf on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:21PM (#22015051)
Yes, and even so there's still more women. Basically, men get killed off early.
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