the construction bubblehead that for a time, but now that is on.ve not adapted well to the postindustrial economy as a group. college graduation rates have not risen substantially since 1980. men have not successfully transitioned into the services. growing fields like education and health care remain just as lopsided in employment toward women today as they were at the beginning of the decade. what men have done is they have exited the work force. they have been doing it for years and more quickly since the recession. in 1967 among men with a high-school degree 97% working and today it's 76 percent. what does that mean? the consequences are of more than one might initially supposed and they have -- 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 work and communities where people overwhelmingly did not have college education. women don't marry men who don't have jobs or economically insecure. they do have children with them. those childr