The problem begins in infancy. The more support from a young age to compete in the information age is given us as women while the belief boys should be strong is creating an array of mistreatment from parents, teachers, others for boy/men which is leaving men unable to compete in college and society. Average stress when understood as maintained layers shows how this mistreatment is creating higher maintained layers which hurt boys in many ways: more activity higher muscle tension low vocabulary more defense/emotional distance, others  This creates much failure from an early age and driving many boys/men away from academics early so not able to compete in college.
The belief boys should be strong allows aggressive treatment to make boys tough. This is accompanied by less kind stable verbal interaction for fear of coddling. As girls we are given much support from infancy creating  lower average stress high social vocabulary wonderful communication skills throughout adulthood.  Much more