It is too early to say with any certainty whether these men will get what they want from the Trump presidency. But there are some good reasons to think that, even as Trump’s victory represents the triumph of an old-fashioned male perspective, the future of U.S. work still belongs to women, at least in one sense.

There are seven occupations that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted will add more than 250,000 new jobs in the next decade: personal-care aides, registered nurses, home-health aides, combined food prep and serving workers (including fast food), retail salespeople, nursing assistants, and customer service representatives. Women account for more than 85 percent of most of these jobs, including personal-care aides (85 percent), registered nurses (89 percent), home health aides (90 percent), and nursing assistants (90 percent). In other words, the fastest growing jobs in America are about as dominated by women as an occupation like building-inspection or computer-repair is dominated by men.

Even more inevitable than the march of technology is the march of time. In the 1950s, less than 10 percent of the country was older than 65. That share will double to 20 percent by 2050. A significantly older population will require more health assistance, which is why the BLS is confident that the three jobs projected to add the most workers in the next decade are all in health care and personal assistance to the old, sick, and infirm.

It’s not like men can’t do this work; tens of thousands of men are already nurses and home-health aides. But many men don’t appear interested in these jobs, at least at these wages. To them, they are a downshifting of status, which is one reason why they are more likely to be done by minority women (and indeed, the fact that minority and immigrant female workers fill these jobs may also contribute to their perception as low-status). "Some of the decline in work among young men is a mismatch between aspirations and identity," Lawrence Katz, a professor of economics at Harvard University, has told me. "The growth has been in jobs that have been considered women’s jobs—education, health, [and] government."

Trump’s election may be an epochal event with the potential to change U.S. social policy on a host of issues, from abortion to trade policy. But there are some demographic and economic trends that a Trump presidency won’t change. First, America is going to keep getting older. Second, the jobs required to treat an older population will require many new workers to perform tasks that Americans have historically decided were mostly for women. Third, technology will continue to erode the supply of routine-based work, which is most heavily concentrated in the counties with the most Trump support. Today’s precarious white male middle class lurched for a reactionary authoritarian even after a year with low unemployment and healthy wage growth. What happens if their jobs actually start going away?

This story is part of our Next America: Workforce project, which is supported by a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.