According to the report, 38.6 percent of the 4,194 male students enrolled in grades 7-12 were retained. Of all retentions, about two-thirds were male. UVI's enrollment definitely backs up Jones's theory. However, the guidance counselor of All Saints Cathedral School, Mrs. Marie Oettinger, feels that children are raised in a culture where it is alright for girls to sit, learn, and obey, while boys are supposed to play games, wash their cars, and have fun. She said that in the Virgin Islands men have a very macho approach to life.
Men believe they own their women.
In such societies, many sociologists have observed that the men often date and marry much younger women who are easier to control than women of their own age. Jones and Oettinger agree that the school system does not really know how to deal with active boys. Males like to play games. They are very physical. Culture pressures males Oettinger says the culture pressures boys more than girls to have money and cars.