Anatomically women are different. (don't we love that!)
And emotionally, they're different mainly because of "filters".
Filters as I speak of them are the "glasses" we wear, (both men and women) that allow us to perceive the world around us in a certain way.
Women for example, grow up inside of a slightly different culture than men do. They relate to women's issues, their mothers, sisters, women friends etc. and observe how certain actions and re-actions work out in those lives.
Then based upon that data, they discover who they are in relation to those observations. Are they more "feminine" or more "tom-boyish" or one of a thousand shades of grey.
This is simply conjecture and not meant to arouse argument. But I've lived a long time with women and have noticed a few things. Apart from the hormonal component (which surely plays a part in all of this) women seek the same things as all humans. They may appear to go about it differently than men and that's what gives rise to the topic of this thread. IMO.