Oom – women do have more empathy than men! Imagine the same conversation, one between two women and one between a woman and a man. The woman is discussing her woes (whether it’s a hard day at work or a problem with a neighbour etc). The second woman will be all sympathetic (“yes, it’s frustrating, I know how you feel…” but the man will start offering solutions (“so quit your job/move to another department”) since he sees it as a problem that needs to be solved, rather than the woman simply wanting to vent.
Also, imagine a new mother walking down the street pushing her newborn baby. How many women stop by, look inside the pram and coo over the baby, and how many men? Watch next time you are walking in the street and you will see I am right.