Comment by __turbobrew__

[2] is an interesting article, but it doesn’t go into why male participation rates are going down more than female rates, outside of the fact that men are much more likely to be convicted of felonies which makes work prospects worse.

Anecdotally what I have seen most in men are the shut in NEETs who live with their parents and/or collect disability and play video games all day. Why this is uniquely a phenomenon for men is unclear to me, but on the other side I know of lots of trophy wives who just go to yoga class and salons all day and do not produce economic value, and they are not put under the same microscope as NEETs.