Hoping for unicorns, 1 in 5 young men are NEETs—not in employment, education, or training

Article here. Then there's openly anti-male discrimination, too. Excerpt:

'There’s a growing cohort of Gen-Zers who are rejecting life’s major milestones and becoming NEETs—that is, “not in employment, education, or training”. Many of them are college-educated men.

One in five young people around the world are currently NEETs, according to the International Labour Organization. In the U.S., this jumps to about 11.2% of young adults. Meanwhile in the U.K., almost 3 million Gen-Zers are now classed as economically inactive.
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Despite having just graduated, 1 in 5 men under the age of 25 are unemployed, Bloomberg’s analysis shows. And they’re not actively looking for work, either.

While the share of Gen Z female college grads participating in the workforce has steadily increased, the participation rate for their male counterparts has nose-dived.
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“Women tend to be more flexible in accepting job offers, even if they're not perfectly aligned with their career goals or are part-time or they are overqualified for,” he says.

“Men, on the other hand, often hold out for roles that align more closely with their ideal career path or offer what they perceive as adequate compensation and status.”

Some male candidates have been airing their frustrations that the few jobs available right now don’t match their expectations, he says.
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“There's an underlying narrative, often unspoken, about what constitutes 'acceptable' work for men,” Maleh concludes, adding that societal pressure for men to be breadwinners deters them from taking what they might view as 'lesser' jobs—even temporarily.'