the construction bubblehead that for a time, but now that's gone, too, and the man without a college degree are really, really struggling. in fact men have not adapted well to the post industrial economy as a group. a college graduation rates among them have not risen substantially since 1980. men have not successfully transitioned into the surface is either. a growing fields like education and health care remain just as lopsided in employment towards women today as they were at the beginning of the decade. what men have done is they've exited the work force. they've been doing it for years, they've been giving it more quickly since the recession. in 1967 and with a high school degree and their working years 90% were working, to a 70% are working. now, what does that mean? it has more -- the consequences are more than one might initially suppose, and they have more -- it's not just about paychecks and bank accounts. family life is changing really significantly in many parts of the country that are characterized by blue-collar workers and communities where people overwhelmingly do not