Couple of quick questions

[Pinnz]

For the record, I am new to the site, but I've been trolling it for random information since I got my BP.
I didn't quite research into it as much as I should have, but I've been getting along well so far. *fingers crossed*
I was just wondering if there are any obvious differences between male and female BPs (forget to ask about the sex when I bought it) as far as temperment and how stressed they get go.
Also, there are two of us in the house I live at, and my house mate and I like to get a few beers down range on weekends and we're also renovating the house, so there are basically always loud noises except for when we're at work or racked out. Is it possible that the loud noises will exaserbate the snake and make it stressed for longer? It doesn't help that when I bought it, it was just going into a molt. Add that on top of a new terrarium and I have a pretty anti-social snake right now.
Just wondering for the sake of general knowledge, since I'm basically playing it by ear and what knowledge I could gleam about it from the forums right now.

[SnakeGirl3]

Biggest difference I've noticed between most males and females is that the breeder-sized females tend to feed longer in the fall than breeder-sized males. Now that's not to say that all will act the same way, but in general, males go off feed first. But I've got sweet males and sweet females, and hissy males and hissy females.

Construction and vibrations from the noise could cause it to stress a bit, but if there's periods of quiet, it should settle down somewhat. I noticed you said it's pretty anti-social . . . does it try to bte when you try holding it? Or just hiss? If it was a pet shop snake, I've noticed more (not all, but more often) pet shop snakes having "cage aggression" usually because the pet shop only opens the cage to throw food in. If it is indeed cage aggressive, wait until after it sheds and settles in for a few weeks, then begin handling it regularly (just not on feeding day or the day after). If it strikes, don't put it back in the tank right away. Keep holding it for a few minutes until it settles down, otherwise it gets the idea that biting gets it put back up and left alone.

[Pinnz]

I haven't had it long so I'm just leaving it alone for now so it can get used to the new terrarium. I did have my hand in there for a minute fixing something inside the terrarium and it did bite, and it was pretty defensive when it was picked up in the pet store, so I'm assuming that there's a bit of "cage aggression". I'll just wait until it's all settled in and has fed a couple of times before I start to lap train it.
Thanks for the help