Any dude with strong opinions on the topic PROBABLY isn't writing them from a place of gainful corporate employment. Here's a bit of big picture economic data that informs the perspective of so many of our bloggy readers. As of early 2026, women held more payroll jobs than men in the United States. This has happened twice before — briefly during the Great Recession and again just before Covid — and both times it reversed. "This seems to be more of a long-term decline that's led to more of a permanent shift going forward, or at least semi-permanent."