Life for men is hard in different ways than it is hard for women. And life for mid men, is particularly different from the life of mid women, who have no problems attracting attention.
(Shit, just a dumb example: Go on any dating site and put up the picture of a moderately attractive woman, and make zero effort whatsoever on the profile. Do the same with a man, and take whatever time you need to make the profile as catchy and interesting as possible. Come back after a week, and which profile do you think will have gotten more interaction. The womans, by a wide margin.)
Men can handle it. A woman, who lived much of her life with being noticed while doing nothing more than existing, will find it particularly hard.