Beth: The difference between the emotions experienced by males and females are regulated by hormones. And the levels of these hormones, for the most part, are different depending upon gender.

The implications for a male involved in sex is that he has done his biological duty in a matter of seconds (something quite a few women complain about I might add). For a woman it is the beginning of a commitment that even in primitive societies lasted roughly 14 years.

The emotions are designed to further the biological imperative: Nothing more.

A human can make a conscious choice to not engage in instinctive behavior. For example I didn't kill the numbskull that cut me off in traffic this morning. But that doesn't change the fact that he deserved to be fed to a giant squid.

DA Morgan