does getting rejected by a woman hurt the male ego

"Gender doesn't matter"

Pure conjecture.

Rejection DOES hurt, period, Cat. I’ve a close friend who’s a WONDERFUL psychotherapist, who once told me, “I’ve seen inside the male heart, and I’ve seen inside the female heart, and they’re the same heart.” Men and women are at least 95 percent identical. We foolishly insist on obsessing over our differences instead of on our common ground. Having said that, women generally deal with their feelings, such as anger and pain, much better than men do because our society encourages women to be in touch with their feelings and stupidly discourages men from doing the same. So a rejected woman knows she is angry and in pain, processes those feelings (maybe by cutting off the electrical cords on all his power tools!), and moves on. The man denies his feelings, keeps them bottled up till they explode, then he shoots the woman and himself. Her way is better than his. Women bounce back from rejection or a breakup much faster than men do. Women DO NOT hurt less! They just have been given social permission to have more emotional intelligence than men.

A cliche from the 1600s, said by a man of course.

In truth hell hath no fury like either a man or woman scorned. There are far and away more homicides committed by men who discover their partners have been unfaithful to them (the partner and/or their lovers being murdered) than by women. I'd say homicide shows as much fury as it's possible for a human to show.

But there are other contributing reasons for the great disparity in men committing homicide when scorned than women.

In the end, rejection is an equal opportunity pain.

In those 15 years of marriage how many times have you been rejected?

The dating game can be painful. I was glad when it came to an end.

cool analogy