In The End of Men, Hanna Rosin argued that as the economy shifts, women are making adjustments more than men and finding jobs that support the family. Women, she argues, are more flexible and are finding work in government and social services, while men are still clinging to the old norms of union jobs that no longer exist.

I think women are in trouble, too. Traditional female-centric jobs are also in bad shape.

As the population shifts across the country, there is less need for new teachers. 239,000 teachers are trained each year and 98,000 are hired. My SIL, who works in Human Resources for the Cleveland hospitals, says that there are too many nurses now. With the cut backs in government, public service jobs aren’t there either. Meanwhile, people spending five or six years in local colleges and accumulating more debt.

The rules are changing rapidly, and a certain segment of the population hasn’t gotten the memo.