In this paper, we build new sex-specific genetic maps based on crossovers from more than 100,000 meioses obtained from published pedigree studies. These maps reveal the variation of recombination rates in females and males throughout the genome at an unprecedented resolution. We characterize this variation over a range of scales using wavelet analysis and investigate the genomic and epigenomic features associated with the sex differences. We show that female and male differences in recombination rate can be mainly attributable to the fine scale, and find sexually dimorphic patterns of recombination in THE1B elements and gene promoter regions.