While women do not complain more than men, Professor Wolfe said, they seem to because of the way they complain.
"You're really talking about a long-term problem among low-skilled, disadvantaged men," Professor Mead said.
By giving 71 percent of available raise money to men, Professor Belliveau pointed out that "managers ensured that men did not need to negotiate to obtain a good raise.
"More than 80percentt of the job losses in this recession have been borne by men," Professor Coontz added.
With men, Professor Close said, "a lot of it had to do with the whole one-upmanship".
For some young black men, Professor Wilson, a Harvard sociologist, said, the world works like this: "If you don't develop a tough demeanor, you won't survive.
It has also been correlated with a wide range of attributes from running speed and physical attractiveness in both sexes, to sperm production in men, Professor Manning explained.
"To have killed a woman is somehow a worse thing than to have killed either one or six men," Professor Cohen said.
What about the often-cited idea that women are more averse to risk than men? "In my view, we don't have convincing evidence that women invest in less risky assets then men," Professor Lusardi said.
I'm sure I mumbled something about "being all for equality and everything, but just not really into labels", or possibly even the old classic, "I'm not a feminist – I don't hate men!" Professor Newhall grinned.
