We discussed the growing disparities of life experience of men and women in our country at dinner tonight. Here is the article I mentioned about labor participation rates. There is an NBER research paper at the heart of it that I’ve downloaded — happy to share if you’re interested.
Why men keep dropping out of the labor force: It starts in childhood, when kids see how males around them struggle, economists say https://share.google/Mnh0N2pspOKLy8o8b
Affirming Democracy, Gathering Resistance 
Thanks, Dan. It’s critical for those of us on the Left to learn more about these dynamics — the future health of our democracy depends on it. Is this partly what lies behind the rise of toxic masculinity?
Cause or effect? Or both? It seems like a complex process of political attitude formation. The article suggests that the lower participation rate by men is at least partly voluntary … some are disaffected and don’t want to take low-paying jobs just to pay the bills, some blame women for having more and better job opportunities, … I agree with you that it’s very important to understand these dynamics better than we do now.