One thing men love to do, is talk about their jobs, especially when we're having particular success with it, or when we're particularly struggling with it. And when we ARE struggling with it, it affects our self-esteem tremendously.
Show me a man who's having work, financial and sexual problems, and I'll show you a man who's feeling pretty much 90-95% defeated. I find that women rarely understand the affect of even ONE OR TWO of those three things.