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There are these numbers that I can't get out of my mind about how women are being crushed

in the COVID economy. Women have lost over 12 million jobs since

February. More than 150,000 of those jobs were in December alone. We've lost jobs in

the service sector, the hospitality industry, 90% of civil servants who lost their jobs

in December were women. But even these numbers, I don't think they do a good job of quantifying

where women are at. Hi, my name is Brittany and I am a teacher. Hello. Hi. Hi. I'm calling

in about your episode on the pandemic's effect on women. When we opened up a phone line this

week and asked all of you to weigh in on this topic, it was clear you're hurting.

I haven't lost my job. I feel lucky to have it, but I feel like I'm losing my mind.

I'm sorry, is this noise too much, is little buzzing?

A lot of women talked about feeling squeezed between work and home, especially the moms.

I don't sleep, I mean, I probably get like five hours of sleep a night, but that to

me is a solid night of sleep. I mean, you know, we wake up, we get dressed, we eat, you

know, get to the school, I start, I come right back, I start work.

And I remember seeing a tweet from some punk-ass kid part in my language that was like, what

are, you know, what are parents complaining about having to take care of their children

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