A Sexist Recession
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🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
The pandemic has hit many of us in different ways. But women in particular find themselves at the intersection of multiple crises. Across the economy, jobs in female-dominated industries are disappearing. Inside the home, moms are often shouldering the brunt of the extra childcare burden that comes with school closures.
How are women getting by right now? And will the setbacks they’re experiencing be permanent?
Guest: Jess Calarco, professor of sociology at Indiana University.
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| 0:00.0 | There are these numbers that I can't get out of my mind about how women are being crushed in the COVID economy. |
| 0:11.0 | Women have lost over 12 million jobs since February. |
| 0:14.5 | More than 150,000 of those jobs were in December alone. |
| 0:19.3 | We've lost jobs in the service sector, the hospitality industry. |
| 0:23.3 | 90% of civil servants who lost their jobs in December were women. But even these numbers, |
| 0:30.8 | I don't think they do a good job of quantifying where women are at. |
| 0:34.8 | Hi, my name is Brittany, and I am a teacher. |
| 0:38.8 | Hello. |
| 0:39.6 | Hi. |
| 0:40.5 | Hi. |
| 0:41.6 | Hi. |
| 0:42.6 | I'm calling in about your episode on the pandemic effect on women. |
| 0:49.5 | When we opened up a phone line this week and asked all of you to weigh in on this topic, it was clear. |
| 0:54.9 | You're hurting. |
| 0:55.9 | I haven't lost my job. |
| 0:57.1 | I feel lucky to have it, but I feel like I'm losing my mind. |
| 1:02.9 | I'm sorry. |
| 1:03.9 | Is this noise too much his little buzzing? |
| 1:08.4 | A lot of women talked about feeling squeezed between work and home, especially the moms. |
| 1:14.7 | 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. |
| 1:22.5 | I mean, you know, we wake up, we get dressed, we eat, you know, get to the school. |
| 1:26.8 | I start, I come right back, I start work. |
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