Gender Many believe women are more emotional than men. is there any truth to this? Evidence does confirm women are more emotionally expressive than 42 they experience emotions intensely, they tend to"hold onto emotions longer than they display more frequent expressions of both positive and negative emotions, except anger. 3 Thus, there are som gender differences in the experience and expression of emotions. Does the same emotional expression by men and women generate different reactions from others? We take up this issue in the Ethical Dilemma.