There is never a gender gap when there are Muhammads and Malvos in the land.
When times are good and the living is easy woman tend to like sensitive guys who are good dancers. When there is lots of danger women prefer cowboys who can take out 4 bad guys and fend off an an attack on the wagon train without working up a sweat. She will prefer him to a sensitive and feeling converstationalist even if the cowboy's total converstation is limited to "What's fer supper?"
Woman are into staying alive. They are really into surviving. There are very few woman who will die for a cause. Woman understand that the only thing one can get by giving everything, is nothing. Guys don't have that figured out yet. Only after females are secure will they will consider sweet men with soft hands.