So what to do?

Realizing that my last two posts are pretty depressing, I feel compelled to offer a thought or two about what can be done. I believe that the most important thing we must do is educate both our young women and our young men so that injustice can be challenged whenever and wherever they see it. Unless our young women are unwilling to settle and our young men are willing to support them, the world their grandaughters will grow up in is likely to continue to be unequal, though in ways we can't imagine. Since my daughter has so many more opportunities than my mother had, from going to college to playing sports to choosing a career, I am somewhat optimistic that cultural and societal improvement will continue and spread beyond our borders. Yet I'm also concerned that as a society we're reaping the benefits of the hard work done in the '50's and '60's, and that we take our progress for granted. Without attention and continued efforts by our generation we could too easily lose the gains made.