Composing as a Woman

I found the gender differences in writing interesting, although not surprising. Particularly interested was this observation found on page 428: "The narrative of the female students are stories of interaction, of connection, or of frustrated connection. The narratives of the male students are stories of achievement, of separation or of frustrated achievement." 

As composition teachers, how are we supposed to use this information? If a female student wrote a personal essay and gender-based differences emerge, are we to comment on that? Suggest a  different approach?

 Encouraging female students to "write from the power of [their] experiences"(434) seems too much like therapy, not composition instruction.