I have been observing the Male Crisis since 1993 when I began noticing the decline of Males going to college in the 1993 U.S. Statistical Abstracts. My learning theory on site is about eight years old and still shows why the African American Male Crisis was really a full Male Crisis simply with African Americans in more deprived more aggressed against environments.

My learning theory shows how by redefining average stress as layers of mental frictions we can then see how differential treatment, neglect, and differential aggression or protection of one group or another greatly affects thinking, learning, motivation to learn (mental reward received for mental work expended), mental/emotional health, and acumulation of knowledge and skills over time.

The nineteenth century belief Males should be strong that allows more aggression toward Males from day one creates higher layers of mental frictions that impede learning and motivation to learn as opposed to treatment of Females where protection and support from an early age creates lower layers of mental frictions that make learning and motivation to learn easier and accumulates in growing strength over time.

Also the belief Males should pull themselves up by their bootstraps and denying them more good mental, emotional, social, and academic support (fear of coddling the Male) also denies much mental/emotional/social/academic growth for Males and adds to higher average stress.

Obama like many other persons are not able to see this difference as well. I have lived in a housing project and also in West Palm with the sons and daughters of more affluent persons. I see how our individual environments from socioeconomic to gender create large differences in mental/emotional growth over time. My complete learning theory with many applications will go to all on request.