Here are some other distinct differences between males and females of which writers must be aware in developing characters:

Women learn quickly in a cooperative setting, where men need competition. For YA authors, this means differences in a classroom setting (all female vs. traditional classrooms)
Women need the emotional bonding of hearing a man talk to them and to listen to them to be “turned on.” Men react to visual responses: nudity, sexy underwear, etc.
Women are interested in developing relationships; men are interested in the baser forms of recreation.
Women like to talk through their problems; men rarely speak of their problems to anyone.
Being more right brained, women are more in tune with their emotions. They will, therefore, cry more often. Men have difficulty accessing the right brain centers, which control grief or sadness or depression. A man will seldom cry because of this. Plus, society looks down on a man who cries, saying he must “act like a man.”
For women, testosterone levels control her depression (literally, reducing her irritability, and her nervousness. Men with high testosterone levels, rarely suffer from sadness.