I would buy that they are equally as emotional, dunno about more or less.
I think how emotional a person is depends on the person and not their gender. I've known women with little emotion and men who were easily brought to tears by a sad story. We're all just people, and emotion of some kind is present in both sexes.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.