What about Choice C) The year in EY is considered a MUST for boys – nothing to debate – while it is optional and open to discussion for girls.
Boys grow in Torah while in EY – avira d’eretz yisrael machkim. Girls fumpfer away their time. Or so the song must go.
I have known Yeshiva boys who did not seem too keen on gong to EY for the year, but that was “the program” – EY, then back to the Freezer. Everyone does it – even those that don’t really want to be there. Let me tell you something: EY does NOTHING for people who don’t want to be there.