All women are sensitive to male criticism. Men are not sensitive to female criticism. They despise the critics.

From Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers.  Page 55.

“Do you know any man who sincerely admires a woman for her brains?”

     

“Well,” said Harriet, “certainly not many.”  

“You may think you know one,” said Miss Hillyard with a bitter emphasis. “Most of us think at some time or other that we know one. But the man usually has some other little axe to grind.”

      

“Very likely,” said Harriet. “You don’t seem to have a very high opinion of men-of the male character, I mean, as such.”

      

“No,” said Miss Hillyard, “not very high. But they have an admirable talent for imposing their point of view on society in general. All women are sensitive to male criticism. Men are not sensitive to female criticism. They despise the critics.”