shecession/ʃiːˈsɛʃn̩/EtymologyBlend of she + recession, likely modeled after mancession. Popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic.shecession means Excessively high female unemployment. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.nounExcessively high female unemployment.“As Figure 2 shows, the model for the impact of regular versus pandemic recessions on women and men matches the evidence. A regular recession is a ‘mancession’, meaning that women’s total labour supply increases relative to men’s, whereas the pandemic recession is a ‘shecession’, with deep employment losses for women.”