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This is a complicated problem set, but not sure why the "male" part warranted inclusion in the article title. The problem is that our education system and our expectations of "work" haven't changed since the end of the 19th century - gender is a red herring as the new economy (or lack thereof) is fairly blind to that. We have gone from a manufacturing age to an information age to now a profoundly hybrid virtual/physical age that is evolving faster than people can adapt.
There are lingering mental models of "male jobs" and "female jobs" that no longer hold (with a few exceptions). Similarly there are models of "family" that are less and less relevant. Tadds comment about artists is close to the mark. Many industries enjoyed a century of relative stability, with certain other groups having to deal with boom/bust and capricious markets (e.g. artists and musicians). But now the stable industries are the exception rather than the rule, and workers have to either become more "entrepreneurial" (I hate that word) and/or figure out how to constantly reinvent themselves as the target moves. Many of the jobs that will be hot in 10 years don't even exist yet. How do you educate/train for that?
Many have been raised to expect a workplace that no longer exists. There has to be a complete transformation of education along with realignment of expectations, not only of those seek work, but those that have it and sit in judgement. This is not your parents, or even your economy any more...
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