Sex differences in crying: Empirical findings and possible explanations.

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Women, Anger, and Aggression (2008, unknown): “A common theme throughout the extant literature is that, for women, crying is an expression of helplessness and powerlessness (Vingerhoets & Scheirs, 2000; Williams & Morris, 1996).”
What Drives the Smile and the Tear: Why Women Are More Emotionally Expressive Than Men (2015, unknown): “…they cry more often than their male counterparts (Bekker & Vingerhoets, 2001; De Fruyt, 1997; Fischer, Rodriguez, van Vianen, & Manstead, 2004; Lombardo, Cretser, Lombardo, & Mathis, 1983; Lombardo, Cretser, & Roesch, 2001; van Tilburg, Unterberg, & Vingerhoets, 2002; Vingerhoets & Scheirs, 2000).”
The Social Costs and Benefits of Anger as a Function of Gender and Relationship Context (2011, background): “This effect may be explained by the inclusion of crying in this scale, because crying is an emotion expression that is far more prevalent in women, independent of context (see also Fischer et al. 2004; Vingerhoets and Scheirs 2000).”
Why is sad music pleasurable? A possible role for prolactin (2011, background): “However, Vingerhoets and Scheirs (2000) found that the amount of crying among pregnant women does not fluctuate in accordance with increasing prolactin levels over the pregnancy.”