What Sheryl Sandberg Doesn't Get About the Gender Gap

The theory that men were being wiped out economically—and women were ascendant—gained some traction as job losses in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis fell heavily on men in blue-collar fields. That view has fallen out of favor as people have looked closer at where women have gained at men’s expense. It turns out, Bloomberg News reports, that most of the job gains women have seen since the crisis have been in low paid, traditionally female-dominated areas such as waitresses, home health-care aides, food preparation, and housecleaning. According to a study by the National Women’s Law Center, says Bloomberg, “About 60 percent of the increase in employment for women from 2009 to 2012 was in jobs that pay less than $10.10 an hour, compared with 20 percent for men.”