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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : opting out, economy</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/opting+out/economy/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: opting out, economy</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Opting Out vs. Being Forced Out</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/07/21/opting-out-vs-being-forced-out.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3341</guid><dc:creator>Meghan O'Rourke</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3341.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3341</wfw:commentRss><description>The New York Times just posted an interesting story about women dropping out of the work force. It says that many economists now think that the supposed "opt out" movement has less to do with women's alleged desire to leave the work force and more to...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/07/21/opting-out-vs-being-forced-out.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3341" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/opting+out/default.aspx">opting out</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women+and+work/default.aspx">women and work</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/economy/default.aspx">economy</category></item></channel></rss>