Jesus was a true "tough guy"(evident when He cleansed the temple) who also was in touch with His feminine side. How's that? He welcomed children to His company and cared for them as His own, saying, "Suffer the children to come unto Me..." Most men cannot relate to children and need to become fathers first to learn caregiving. Mothers are natural caregivers and very affectionate to children.
A real tough guy respects his mother and this is a sign of how he treats his wife. Is he good with kids? Does he need affirmation of his dignity or can he swallow it and humble himself as a child himself? Wives are to be treated as being more sensitive and having emotions that men seem to restrain themselves from expressing. That may be why a man needs a woman to get in touch with his emotions. He can be gentle too!
A man of gentleness and this is the fruit of the Spirit, respects women, who were not given respect by society in general until Christ came into the scene. A woman may be worshiped as beautiful but what she expects and needs is respect. A woman can be tough too, this is the mistake in men's thinking. She is a mother by instinct it seems while a man needs growth and experience to learn fathering. Just giving birth doesn't make a woman a mother, but raising a child in the training and nurture of the Lord.
What people need to realize is that a mother's love is unconditional like God's. God doesn't ever cease to love us, as is the ebb and flow of human emotional love, A woman who gains dignity and respect is the highest honor. A true mother isn't just a mother to her own, but this attribute or characteristic reaches out to others in need of motherly love and affection, Soli Deo Gloria!