Very rarely do I assign responses to gender. When kicked between the legs, everyone curls up because it hurts. Very often I see people say "women do THIS thing" and "men are like this". Generally with this I disagree. Many things boil down to personality rather than gender.
People who were raised to avoid conflict seek to keep others happy. This is not gender specific in my opinion. Those individuals are too agreeable because they fear others disliking/hating them. In my experience, women were the least likely to care of another's feelings on the topic. That was the only line you had that I went "well......".
Hope that makes sense!
RE: Relationship trend or hindrance?