I am a woman and it's good for women to show their emotions the way it comes. If you said that you prefer the cool headed woman, you won't always know what's in her heart.
It's a very uncomfortable to me that I can't show my emotions always and it's really draining. Why should someone be acting cool all the time but in the heart, many things are running there.
Anybody can be manipulative both male or female. Men can be manipulative when they didn't get what they want and the same goes to women too.
You can tell me what I did to you plainly than trying to manipulate me and guys have done it several times to me so I know it's not a gender something.