in general, males are much more comfortable externalizing their thoughts into action. murders are committed by men, men are the ones who run for office, the list goes on. women internalize things way more than men. look at the way women commit suicide vs men. Men use more violent methods-- hangings, shooting himself in the head. women use more passive methods-- OD, poisoning herself, etc.
this coincides with men, reaching a certain age/threshold in life where they start going nuts. midlife crises' used to spur on divorces, affairs, blowing your money on the most expensive car imaginable. now it's just psychologically tormenting your poor wife by trying to become her all while the children have to see dad become "mom".