Oddly enough, I have noticed such a trend Myself in years past. Women in the workplace tend to immediately categorize work difficulties as personal attacks whereas males have no difficulty working as a team. That translates over to personal life as well, unfortunately. I used to go the roommate route many years ago, and I quickly discovered that while most males can share living spaces and understand and compromise for the good of the whole, once you allow females into the mix sooner or later the territorial instinct kicks in and the dissolution begins.
One book I read, "In the Company of Women - Turning Workplace Conflict into Powerful Alliances explained a lot to me. After reading it I had a better understanding for the sometimes-psychotic (from male viewpoint) female workplace behavior I see, where issues that guys would resolve professionally turn into personal battles if a woman is involved