Also, it seems to me that Women do a lot more venting in posts than men do. Along with that comes the environment, back story, narrative and explanation. All this followed by a point and then later an apology for length or attitude.
If a man posts something long, it has to do with covering many points or covering bases against an attack. Sort of like shoring up a sound defense, when a perhaps controversial position has been taken.
Men and women also tend to do a little fishing in posts. They create posts which beg a certain kind of response, to that response is a pre-decided diatribe, which is in fact what the thread was about in the first place. But had the thread been titled as such, no response would have been given.