Claim: On the campaign trail, Mitt Romney has been hammering a statistic that "over 92 percent of the jobs lost under this president were lost by women," evidence, he says, that President Obama's policies amount to a "war on women." Romney's statistic is accurate, as far as it goes. But it's not the whole story. Looking back at the whole recession, men have lost many more jobs than women. But the biggest job losses for men came earlier in the recession,
Fact-check: Obama's 'War on Women'? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: on the campaign trail, mitt romney has been hammering a statistic that "over 92 percent of the jobs lost under this president were lost by women," evidence, he says, that president obama's policies amount to a "war on women." romney's statistic is accurate, as far as it goes. but it's not the whole story. looking back at the whole recession, men have lost many more jobs than women. but the biggest job losses for men came earlier in the recession,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2012-04-12T21:54:07