Seems like a silly stereotype the 'being a man' thing. But for many reasons (all wrong I think) we have forgotten this. If you don't learn how to be comfortable with discomfort... If you give in to your internal 'whiny wanting to feel good despite the consequences' child... then you cannot free yourself from pmo. There is some overt Catholicism here, just ignore that if it bothers you, there is some really insightful stuff in here.
The channel is excellent, I listen to many of the talks and homilies to get through the worst of days.
I think this is a concept well worth pursuing - if challenging ourselves to be more manly helps on the fight against pmo