So I can’t find it now but a few years ago I read an article talking about this. I think from the Atlantic but I’m not 100% sure.
So the theme of the article was about the role good paying blue-collar jobs play on the social structure. When they exist, men who have them become desirable and this underpins a stability and family dynamic of sorts. When they don’t, women become more independent and the same structure of less stable.
To be clear, this isn’t an argument one way or the other, just observation. But it is interesting to see how the provider role plays out in society.
So the theme of the article was about the role good paying blue-collar jobs play on the social structure. When they exist, men who have them become desirable and this underpins a stability and family dynamic of sorts. When they don’t, women become more independent and the same structure of less stable.
To be clear, this isn’t an argument one way or the other, just observation. But it is interesting to see how the provider role plays out in society.