Mancession? Number of stay-at-home dads has doubled since 2001
Mr. Mom came out in 1983, and Michael Keaton was last relevant in 1992 when he was dressing up like Batman.
But somehow, in 2012 and on a money blog, both are topical today.
The hook? The recession, er, make that the “mancession,” the nickname afforded the regrettable consequences the downturn has had on the male worker.
Disproportionately, more men than women have seen their jobs slashed, burned or both by the great recessionary reshuffling, and what’s left from it all is a sizeable uptick in stay-at-home dads.
According to new data out of the U.S., the number of stay-at-home dads has more than doubled in the previous decade.
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In 2001, there were 81,000 stay-at-home dads in America, or 1.6 per cent of all stay-at-home parents. By last year, that number had climbed to 176,000, or 3.4 per cent of all stay-at-home parents.
That whole mancession term first came about a few years back, and it was easy to laugh off since men are kinda macho idiots and by golly if we weren’t going to pick up our bootstraps and find a way to make ends meet.
But the cruel reality of the mancession tag is that it’s rooted in a global shift that’s momentum is too great to slow down.
Even just in Canada, manufacturing and labour jobs, the sectors and industries dominated by men, have been crippled, and while some construction-type jobs have returned, no one’s exactly clamouring to put up factories north of the 49th anymore.
In fact, many – like Electro-Motive, the Caterpillar-owned auto parts plant in London, Ont., that recently closed up shop and moved to Indiana – is doing everything it can to shutter Canadian operations.
So it stands, then, that many husbands and wives have taken a long look at things and decided it is the women now that have greater earning potential than men.
Mommy, get your briefcase. Daddy, get your Swiffer.
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
Posted by: Robyn | Jun 19, 2021 5:26:33 PM
Hey, whether it's mom or dad, the kids will love having a parent at home!
Posted by: Mr. Negative | Jun 19, 2021 8:00:47 PM
It is amazing how fast things change these days. A stay at home dad is nothing to be ashamed about. The great thing about a stay at home dad or mom, is that they can afford to live off one income. Most families could not afford this.........especially with the new cost of living.
Posted by: SP | Jun 19, 2021 8:32:44 PM
"So it stands, then, that many husbands and wives have taken a long look at things and decided it is the women now that have greater earning potential than men."
Fingers crossed then that the governments don't start to lay off the millions of women it's hired over the past 20 years or the premise of this story goes straight down the drain !
Posted by: Greg Moffatt | Jun 19, 2021 9:41:57 PM
This manccesion is more about Politics and it,s perversion.This so called restructuring is as similiar to building a car with square wheels and forcing it to roll. All the jobs that men have lost were jobs that had a pure economic value and a sellable component to them. In manufacturing machines and things were built that other countries and people bought,So in short labour and things were made that actually sold in the real world. That my friends is called the real free market.This type of work had a positive monetary contributing factor,it made more money then it cost. But then Governments got into the picture and decided that it was going to bring Women and Canada into the 21 st Century ,And they started up and expanded all kinds of creative positions and jobs that started to consume our tax base ,and all along these types of jobs were never or had to come under the economic microscope,To determine if there was any if at all An econimic return that could be seen or proven.It didn,t matter because this shift was politically motivated.All this acomplished was it made the Government an integrated member to each and every household. Now you have the great Nanny State What you have now is a society that is sickened with perversion and is no more a free market then is Disneyworld .Because quite Frankly the only person or Company who would purchase the services of any Government is another Government .The rest of us are forced into it .All I can say is I Glad I will be leaving this country I was born in which was Canada. I never grew desiring to have Politics living in my house and eating with it. I feel sorry for the masses who stay. Historically Governments killed their people with weapons to day they use a Pen ,its so much more productive your more valuable to them alive then dead.
Posted by: Jed | Jun 20, 2021 3:36:33 AM
Greg moffatt, you are an idiot. Just curious as to where you're heading that's so great. the U S of A?
Posted by: ford auto parts | Jun 20, 2021 6:29:23 AM
It is amazing how fast things change these days. A stay at home dad is nothing to be ashamed about. The great thing about a stay at home dad or mom, is that they can afford to live off one income. Most families could not afford this.........especially with the new cost of living.
Posted by: Natalie | Jun 20, 2021 11:50:49 AM
Canada is one of the greatest countries in the world, Greg. Free Healthcare, high standard of living, minimal violence...you're so ignorant.
Posted by: Derail | Jun 20, 2021 12:26:17 PM
The world will not long stand for such an insult, change is soon coming.
Posted by: dave | Jun 20, 2021 3:44:18 PM
I wonder what would happen if Mr Buckwald made a reference to women as ignorant as the one he made about men in his article ("since men are kinda macho idiots"). Journalism at it's best. Well done.