Now, I am not a guy, so I can't speak to their thoughts. Even if I was a guy, I couldn't speak for everyone.
That said, there seems to be a certain mindset that men and women are entirely different and will never relate to each other outside of romantic entanglements. We seem to be taught that the opposite gender is mystifying and we will never understand each other.
There is also the idea that 'manly guys' can't express emotion/be romantic. They are 'rewarded' for having sex, and told by movies that that's just what guys do.
The final thing to note is something that I think was said best
here:
The sun isn’t bright just because I say it is. It just is. It was bright before I even knew the word for bright. I didn’t decide what it is, I acknowledged what it is.You aren’t worth something just because I say you are. You just are. You were worth something before I even said anything. I didn’t decide that you are, I acknowledged that you are.This is what I mean when I say “You are worth it.”