Men are 45% more likely to be fired than women.

A male midlife crisis often refers to a “phase in a middle-age person’s life between the ages of 35 to 65 where they feel compelled to face or reevaluate their mortality, confidence, identity and accomplishments.” This term was first coined in 1965 by psychologist Elliott Jaques. Lachman ME. Mind the Gap in the Middle: A Call to Study Midlife. Res Hum Dev. 2015;12(3-4):327-334.

Oftentimes, a man’s midlife crisis is characterized by trying to re-create their youth by dying their hair or their beard or becoming involved with a younger love interest. There are often six symptoms of a midlife crisis for a man, which may include feeling a need for adventure and change, exhibiting signs of depression, questioning long-held beliefs, expressing anger and blame, and straying from the marriage. Oftentimes these stages of a midlife crisis are marked by unusual sleep patterns, or unusual appetite or noticeable weight loss or gain, loss of interest in once enjoyable activities, sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, and depression. Kathy Meyer, Brides Magazine, “6 signs that your spouse is having a midlife crisis.”

Men may worry about how aging impacts their reputation or other’s perceptions of his masculinity or how age-related illnesses or health issues may impact his strength or desirability to other women. During a husband’s midlife crisis, he may also focus on whether he is successful in his career or how his career might have impacted his relationship with children and other family members. Good Therapy, Midlife Crisis, September 13, 2019.

The Pew Research Center reports that in 2022, women made 82 cents for every buck made by men.

Men get fired around age 40-50 from that well paying job while women tend to remain into their late 50s.