“How is this still happening? Shouldn’t things be better by now?”
Possibility and progress are two distinct things. Like a tree, possibility only becomes progress when it is nurtured, protected and allowed to grow. When chainsaw-swinging misogynist fascist maniacs are tolerated, the possibility is ripped up by the roots. It takes generations to grow and we have to be watchful, tireless and militant the whole time. Many of us saw possibility and assumed that was progress, but until we crush misogyny, patriarchy, and injustice, destroy those who propagate it, and keep it crushed for the lifetimes of our daughters and granddaughters and their daughters, there will be no meaningful progress.