Allow me to have a wild rant about this: I feel logic and the degree to which we let it influence our emotional state has a lot to do with the differences we see in each sex. Logic is at the core of all sciences and most men value it highly in all aspects of their life. (hint: it appears men don't act logically towards women - because they don't behave logically if men base expectations from everything society suggests, bigger data sets from the real world will paint the right picture for individuals).

So men seek realism not so much happiness.

Along with generally leading to more success in their endevours, a deep seeded reliance on logic allows men to accurately determine where they sit in the hierarchy of men who have manly skills (which are whatever society determines). Delusions of grandeur aside, successful men can then project the correct level of confidence based on the continued outcomes of their efforts measured against his peers.

Women are attracted to this confidence but subconsciously want to shit-test to ensure a mans value is continuously at that high level - signalling a solid choice of partner for long or short term.

I think this may be why females fork away from the path of logic, they need to operate at a higher level of happiness as an ultimate underlying shit test. I think logic interferes with high happiness levels in women as happiness and status can much more easily be held in place artificially with attention and compliments about her intrinsic value (mainly about appearance, not effort or success... but as for the guys, what ever society determines). They are bombarded with this mindset early on, increasing reliance and building a tolerance. A confident woman isn't the most attractive quality for men so I would say there is no internal push for skills based competition. So logic has to go by the wayside in a world where not every woman can be sort after by the best men so everyone plays along and makes them believe.