High-profile violence against women captures our attention. That includes allegations of yet another gang rape at a prominent university; a mass shooting in Erie, Pa. that killed eight people, including a pregnant woman and her mother; and the sentencing of former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexually assaulting a production assistant.

These headline cases have more in common than you think. And every day there are countless other cases that don’t make national news, but they are in my community. And they are in yours, even if you can’t bear to see them.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than one in three women experience violence or stalking from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Nearly half of all women experience sexual violence — whether rape, sexual coercion or unwanted sexual contact.

Even as murder rates hit historic lows in the U.S., domestic violence homicides remain relatively unchanged .…