That’s a simplistic view.
Very many men have sufficient personal wealth not to work.
One of the outcomes of the pandemic was an increase in people considering alternative lifestyles, some folk decided they didn’t ever want to work in an office again, some folk decided they didn’t want to work full time, others decided they just didn’t want to work any more.
But it’s not a new phenomenon, here’s evidence it was happening back in 2016
https://www.npr.org/2016/09/06/492849471/an-economic-mystery-why-are-men-leaving-the-workforce
I doubt this is a surprise to many expats here in Thailand.