Re: The misplaced nature of the complaints

It really is all simply as case of people defending the status quo. A good case in point to highlight this was a study performed. Now, I know "studies" and "statistics" are horrifically biased towards trying to enforce a point of view, however this one does offer some food for thought.
I unfortunately cannot locate a link so ill do my best to describe it accurately;

Unbeknownst people were placed in a scenario where one person acts as having an epileptic fit or heart attack.
It was found that as the number of people present witnessed this increased, the less likely someone was to come to the aid of the person in distress.

This points out several psychological conditions that exist. The most obvious being that people assume someone else is going to assist so they dont have to. Thus reaching the point where no one does anything.

But the relevance to this topic is that the same condition, the "group mentality", shows that despite the sincerety in actual thought, people are more interested in defending their own position within a group. Reasoning for this IMO is fear of exclusion.

For what youre talking about in the example of womens sexuality, and your other points, is a more subtle version of this behaviour.

Reminds me of what I observed with Ellen Pages' little speech. Everyone applauded in ovation. But logically, one could assume, say, 50% of the audience disagreed. But kept it to themselves in order to maintain their position within society.

As for financially powerful entities, such as corporate & government, well lets just say money talks. And slowly inserting "shock & awe" taboo into the customers (target audiences) view, attracts money. But juuuust enough to not offend their moral boundary to the point they protest & boycott. As opposed to showing curiousity.