This problem goes back a long time, all the way back to living in caves. Men were not the emotional one then but the strong protector. As time passed things changed, fast forward a few thousand years and we see society telling men they need to be in touch with their feminine side and that has happened on a large scale, so much so we have clambering now for a more masculine male. To be sure men and women are different and not just physically. Our approach to solving problems is different. Men are fixers and when women start talking about problems we instinctively want to fix it or we avoid it all together because we figure WE are the problem. We haven't figured out that women don't necessarily want to fix anything they just need someone to listen to them getting it off their chest. We are still working on being a sounding board.
