Sustenance requires a trip to the supermarket - not the slaughter of wild animals, the physical harvesting of grains or foraging. Continuity of the species is now more an issue of too many progeny - not too few. In addition the survival rate of children is assisted by medicine and technology. Demonstration of prowess is for elite athletes and celluloid images. It is not required of the average male in a family situation.
Employment is the raison d etre for the vast majority of men.
It is the crucial focus for male energy, mateship and self esteem. Male unemployment at any age is bad for health and the deploy of social resources. At a mature age premature male unemployment is a sentence of mind, body and spirit. The loss of potential from the work force and society is immeasurable. Sustained high levels of mature male unemployment creates tensions in society.