![]() ![]() It remains to be seen how nimbly women will respond as the ripple effects of recession-induced cutbacks further shrink the government sector, another traditional area of female employment. It may be that women’s gender inertia simply has happened to be an advantage in a period when these jobs are expanding, while men’s gender inertia has left them more vulnerable to deindustrialization and the deskilling of traditional male jobs. Women, like men, continue to select gender-stereotypical occupations and college majors such as health care and services. And I am not convinced that women have been that much more nimble and flexible than men in adjusting to new conditions. ![]() But labels such as Rosin’s “Cardboard Man” and “Plastic Woman” do not do justice to the nuance and compassion found elsewhere in her book. ![]()
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