Where Have the Men Gone?

[TBoneTX 49,736]

Not crazy about the author's proposed solution (although it's better than nothing), but this article covers economic and societal issues.  Comments on it?

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Where Have the Men Gone?

 

The Department of Labor keeps careful track of employment and the demographics thereof.  Their latest report on men in the labor force is both mysterious and deeply alarming.  It turns out that the labor force is missing about 7 million men who would otherwise be working.  Close to a third of working-age men have vanished from the labor force.

The labor force participation rate among "prime age men," age 25 to 54, in the 1950s approached 100 percent.  Now it is 89 percent, meaning roughly 11 percent are not in the labor force (neither working nor looking for work).  Among all men over 16 years of age, the rate is a devastatingly low 66 percent, so about one-third are gone.  Among U.S.-born men, nearly 22 percent are gone.

This is really quite shocking.  The trend in decline dates far back, accelerated in the 1960s, stabilized in the 1980s, declined again after the turn of the century, and took a deep dive after the pandemic lockdowns and never recovered.  It is falling again now, nearly to the lows we saw when the economy was actually locked down.  [...]

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/where-have-the-men-gone-6023982

[Dashinka 26,715]

I thought it was all the endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the drinking water?