Male ego and feminine guilt

I enjoy the tv show "Call the Midwife".  Every once in a while, a difficult situation arises and the particular woman involved comes up with the idea that this troublesome deal is her fault.  I would not be a good head of Nonnatus House. Rather than offer comfort to the disturbed woman, my tendency would be to say "Are you kidding?  What in the world makes you think that this situation, which barely involves you, is your fault?  Do you think that the world revolves around you?  Stash that ego and accept that messes occur."

Such a grab of the ego reminds me of a corresponding but barer assertion by a man that "I happen to be the finest person there is or ever was".