Everyone is important to the team, and everyone is expected to contribute. When the team succeeds, the whole team celebrates. When the team fails or is struggling, the team members pick up one another and keep going. Women are not as accustomed to being team players and are often more comfortable working independently. When women do work as a team, their roles are not always clearly defined, and decisions are usually arrived at by consensus.
Women still get a lot done, but the style is distinctly different.
Men are raised to be competitive. This competitiveness is not always as obvious as in a ball game, for example, but men thrive on playing the game to win. Because they are competitive, men respect competence, ability, and effort. They are positively impressed with people who perform well, be that as an athlete, flying an aircraft, operating equipment, or presenting a briefing. Although a man may not step forward to tell this to a woman, he will respect her abilities.