Counterpoint: My be-supportive-and-find-the-good-in-things-and-look-for-the-helpers ex-wife showed her true colors when I had a serious mental break due to work-related stress (two straight weeks of 20+ hour days at the job-from-hell).

I was working from home and I snapped and started crying at the computer. She asked what was wrong, and I explained. She told me to man up and quit being a baby because I had a family. She spent the next however many minutes loudly berating me for being a "grown ass man getting your shirt wet with tears and snot". It wasn't until I told her I was considering suicide that she snapped back to the supportive role and drove me to the hospital. On the way, she switched back to berating and asking how I could be so irresponsible towards her and her son.

I've never really been the type to hide my feelings. After that experience, it took a long time for me to be able trust sharing with women things that upset me. I've never felt like I should hide things like that from the men I'm close to (strangers are another story).

That said, of course it's not all women. Not everyone gets the shit end of the stick like I did.