Female Supremacy Articles - Page 21

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Exporting men's work. And now, in our globalized economy, many of those jobs in factories, mines, and repair and maintenance shops are fast disappearing, fleeing to foreign shores. "Manufacturing continues to hemorrhage jobs," said National Association of Manufacturers President Jerry Jasinowski recently, as he noted the 34th consecutive month of job losses in the sector, losses that extend well beyond the assembly line. A new NAM study by economist Joel Popkin points out that manufacturers now account for nearly two thirds of all private research and development and averaged twice the productivity gains of their sectors in the past two decades. But 83 percent of U.S. jobs are now categorized as "service providing." While many of these require the spatial and mathematical skills at which males still excel, the great bulk rely on the sort of diligent, low-ego, cooperative effort at which females traditionally shine.