The examples offered by Ndlovu here ("barely walk alone at night", "drinks spiked", "man she has married", "not paid equally") are kinda vapid, actually. They do not reflect the lived reality of the majority, and they diminish the experiences of other human beings.

You don't need to be a woman to be attacked on the street at night (if it's unsafe for women, it's unsafe for everyone). Men aren't immune to rohypnol, and it's possible for men to live in fear of the women they have married - not all domestic violence is one-way. And the wage gap has been debunked elsewhere.

I think the problem is not so much that women's suffering is ignored: It's that all suffering is ignored. We collectively pretend (to ourselves and everyone) that life is okay when it's not. Most of us have suffered in some way, some more than others - and all suffering deserves to be met with compassion and understanding.

Not hashtags and shouting. That sort of activism brings us no closer together.