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The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind

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  1. xvxvx · · focus · HN ↗
    If only The Guardian cared about actual reality:

    ‘Women accounted for 158,000, or roughly 98%, of the 162,000 net new nonfarm payroll jobs added to the U.S. economy in August 2026.

    Compared to this time last year, there are 870,000 more women employed in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 1.5 million fewer employed men.’

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ifstudies.org&#x2F;in-the-news&#x2F;women-filled-98-percent-of-jobs-created-in-august-what-happened-to-the-men" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ifstudies.org&#x2F;in-the-news&#x2F;women-filled-98-percent-of...

    ‘There has been a “multi-decade decline in male labor force participation” and a “multi-decade increase in female labor force participation,” Kirk Doran, a professor specializing in labor economics at Notre Dame University, told National Review.‘

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalreview.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;women-filled-98-percent-of-jobs-created-in-august-what-happened-to-the-men&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalreview.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;women-filled-98-percent-...

    1. HWR_14 · · focus · HN ↗
      The article doesn&#x27;t care about most jobs They are only concerned with tech jobs, specifically around AI. Or at least jobs that pay similarly well.
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