what a load of paternalistic tripe this is. If you actually treat your spouse with this level of disrespectful patronizing I'm surprised she hasn't walloped you into next week.
People, male and female, will act out in frustration. Some women may choose tears and some men may choose breaking things. For the most part you'll find that those behaviours were accepted when they were kids and they repeat them as adults.
You'd have to make a special effort to bring me to tears. If you succeeded, you would earn yourself a ticket to a special hell.