Ah, but what is reality, really?

If you're talking about a socio-political reality, then it is entirely fluid, but seems to be constantly heading in a more "liberal" direction. This is kind of consistent with the concept of zeitgeist.

I have a theory that as movements like #metoo happen, in the short term, things go too far as they get hijacked by people that really don't understand the nuances of the movement. There is a baseline (for arguments sake, say actual equality), and the line, having been way below since forever, veers wildly in the other direction for a while.

It isn't right, and there is collateral damage. It is what it is though.