It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s Meltdown

This is a man’s world
But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

He’s lost in the wilderness
He’s lost in bitterness

~ James Brown, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”

It’s been written many times already that 2008 was quite a year for women. Whether it was a good year or an “annus horribilis,” may depend on whom you ask, but the financial crash and ensuing downturn suggest that if it hasn’t been a horrible year, it hasn’t exactly been an “annus mirabilis.”