Man-cession

[US] September 2009, the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent for men and 7 percent for women; men have had a higher unemployment rate than women for the last 32 consecutive months

US Bureau of Labour Statistics:
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm

對於美國，這是較新的現象。至於香港呢？不單只一樣，而且己經是連續五年了...(>60 consecutive months) 。SARS 時，差別最明顯。
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hong_kong_statistics/statistical_tables/index.jsp?charsetID=1&tableID=011
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hong_kong_statistics/statistical_tables/index.jsp?tableID=014
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/products/thematic_long_list/labour/index.jsp



資料來源：香港政府統計處 - 香港統計月刊...
(備注：未能於網上找到2003年之前的數字。我估計自1998年開始，男士失業率己是高於女性。)

值得注意(或學習)的是，美國經濟學家很快就提出這現象。

Related articles:
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-mancession-continues.html
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/the-mancession/
http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/06/the-myth-of-the-man-cession/
http://www.reuters.com/article/deborahCohen/idUSN2149900520091021
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090608&sec_id=15335&art_id=12851058