Equality, of the Right Sort

We seem, as a society, a remarkably complacent lot. We are forever slow to recognize problems and forever fast to write them off. We like things the way they are, by and large, and we don't like change, certainly not the kind of change sought by some disgruntled faction, asserting claims of right or justice (the kind of change that brings us bigger televisions, faster computers, or fancier cars seems to be all right). The most appealing political programs revolve around getting rid of thingstaxes, immigration, crimeor doing nothing at all. This leaves little room for programmatic reform and many obstacles to its attainment. The situation of gender justice in America illustrates these tendencies in spades.