In some relationships, complaining or arguing becomes a pastime, a way of getting attention from the partner who otherwise might take you for granted. Boys and men, in general, recover from an irritating experience more slowly than females, partly because they have stronger physiological reactions to frustration than women. However, beginning at age 3 or 4, boys are more aggressive than girls. Boys are also aggressed against and punished more than girls. For example, women who cut into line receive less hassle than men.
Men kill and are killed four or five times more frequently than women.
Boys, but not girls, are encouraged to be physically aggressive. As culturally prescribed sex roles fade in our culture, however, the gender differences in aggressiveness may decline. The crime rate for women is increasing much more rapidly than for men. Women seem to have a different reaction than men to being aggressive. Apparently, boys and men to expect acting aggressive to pay off, girls and women don't.