I’m a bit concerned about using the “gender gap” term. As in, I wonder if it’s going to get adopted by misogynists to pit women’s suffering (gender pay gap) against men’s suffering (gender lifespan gap).

if feminism has taught us nothing else (and it hasn't) the only way to bridge this gap is to bring women down to our level not raise men up.

No, the way this works is the problem will go unsolved and probably even unaddressed until someone explains how men dying early is a problem for women. Then it’ll get attention. It’s not a real problem until it hurts women–the real victims.

So… you expect women to solve a problem made by men for men? How novel.