It’s very simple - women and minorities have been getting preferential treatment for hiring and promotion over equally or more qualified men for many years in business and especially govt. jobs. I believe that a lot of men are working for themselves or are just off the radar all together. I don’t blame them at all. It’s another Leftie victory, IMHO. Just go to Lowe’s or Menards to see all the women working there, but when they need heavy lifting done, or answer a technical question, they are on their walkie talkies calling for a guy. Wrong, just wrong.
If they’re working for themselves they count as being in the workplace. And actually, I believe white men are still employed at a high rate. I’d guess that the massive number of minority men in prison or with criminal records explains a chunk of this.
More union guys finding ways to go out on disability probably contributes to it too (and they were guys with jobs). Maybe early retirement from that segment, too.