Oddly enough, women were completely unaffected. The story that the trees got their names from told of widows safely grieving under the trees, and their tears creating a pool where even the most grievous wounds could be healed.
More than a few unwarranted, and probably avoidable deaths proved that the legend wasn’t true, but the name stuck.
The trees actually pulled water from deep underground and secreted it from its branches, only for it to return to the soil and rejuvenate the area that the trees grew in.
The tears were rare and mostly useless, which is why Matt had such trouble finding what his sword wanted. Not to mention that growth objects made of metal typically wanted harder materials, which ended up leading him astray. While it was interesting to see that even metal could take
