But it's a dead end street Michael.  It gives permission for the worst survival strategies of gender differences to dominate and control the scene.  This is my opinion only, but I really wonder if men don't see the fact their responses are controlled by opinions of other men.  Women are excessively influenced by those same thoughts and both devise unhealthy solutions to get past that fact.  When I was in grad school back in the day, I did multiple studies on these issues.  In one survey I asked men and women: "who was the most important person in your life". It was a male authority figure in both cases.  Then I asked who was the most detrimental person in your lives and again, both sexes said a male authority figure.  That could be daddy, or grandpa, a boyfriend, teacher, coach, or a boss.  This describes the downside of patriarchy and it hasn't changed in forty some years.  It has to change or we may not have forty more years.