It seems to me that men have a jolly ol' boys network that keeps their spirits and hopes high. Centuries of support in every way.
But Mary, many male poets are loners - I am one. I have no circle of jolly ol' boys to support me. So I don't know if that is the answer.
I do agree with Paul that most women do have a lot more "things" to be done in a day than most men.
Take the commonly stated fact of the household workload. I do agree that women take the brunt of it. But one of the factors there seems to come down to a nature thing: women tend not to be able to live in the squalor that many men live with quite easily. If a woman were to see my room here, for instance, she would be forced (by her own nature) to be revolted and to start cleaning the place up, which could take weeks of writing time away from her.
Male pigginess is a great time-saver.
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