Over 200,000 women in the US have left the workforce since January: Has the land of opportunity become ‘gender selective’?

America’s “land of opportunity” promise is faltering for women. Since January 2025, 212,000 women have exited the workforce even as 44,000 men joined, according to BLS. The rollback of remote work, collapse of childcare support, and rigid return-to-office mandates are forcing mothers out of paid jobs. The result is not choice but compulsion, with long-term economic costs.