This would wreck me. I wouldn’t have a thick enough skin to stay there.
I’m not sure we’ll ever have definite answers to those questions. And like you said, male brains are different from female brains.
But here’s something I dug up from one of TC’s articles; this first one is regarding low testosterone in females:
“They might lack ambition and they might prefer to let others make decisions for them.”
And then this paragraph is from the same article regarding behaviors that may naturally boost it:
"Self-esteem seems to play a powerful role in T levels in women, too, and while there’s not much research to support this, my experience as a writer on many aspects of behavioral endocrinology for the last 15 years leads me to believe that these things are true of women, too. Winning a competition would likely lead to an increase in T, however transient. In fact, anything done to reinforce the notion of being a “winner” might go a long way.
So we might assume a woman with low T is more likely to have low self esteem and who’d be less likely to take the lead or make decisions. I’m betting it’s easy for a lot of women to recall times when they’ve felt like that. Especially when feeling run down, sick, or just going through a spell of depression.
But these low T states also give me the impression of a woman who might be more sensitive to criticism, and who might take it more personally. That last bit (taking it personally) is the exact problem.
Because there’s a choice when you receive good criticism: Take it as a gift and take action, or take it personally and mope around before doing anything constructive. ha!
You’re not coming off that way at all. There’s a Jordan Peterson vid somewhere on the youtube about how men perceive themselves and their capabilities. It’s actually very comforting for males to have the perspective that you have. It’s not narcissistic, it’s masculine.