So it's ok if you make these references to pander to your audience? I have a hard time imagining a man saying this about another man in front of any type of audience.
I don't agree with the idea that because one group deals with it, everyone should. This also discards context -- if something is systemic and happens all the time, it has a different impact than something exceptional.
And where, I might add, no one rushes to the defense of men with a "cut the sexist crap" article.