Past University of Belize statistics showed that women accounted for 67.5% of graduates. Men represented 32.5% of the graduating group in those figures. Zaira Torres says the gender imbalance should concern Belizeans. She asks what is happening to the country's boys and presents the issue as a warning about their future. Torres writes from the perspective of a mother of two boys who worries about the opportunities they will face. The piece notes that its views belong to the writer and do not necessarily represent Breaking Belize News.