The best explanation I've come across so far is Roy Baumeister's Is There Anything Good About Men? [0], which explains gender determinisms by regarding the evolutionary history of our species. The article was already posted several times on HN [1].

[0]: http://denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm

[1]: http://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/prefix/0/Is%20There%2...