France. Sex. Problem? - NYTimes.com

I would've liked to be brought up in a society with this sense of "equality" (if I could use that word). This can change humanity as a whole can it not ? If we have a different (more equal) status of women in every day life, then maybe we all will be more tolerant of other identities. But somehow this seems to be not so close to reality. I wonder what brings about such revolutions ? It definitely cannot be something "silent" as the article seems to suggest. Or can it be ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/fashion/30cliente.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=all --- The posters were advertising "Cliente," a popular movie that revolves around clichés about prostitution and gigolos in France. Judith, the client, who is played by Nathalie Baye, one of France's highest-paid actresses, is not a pathetic, lifted rich woman of a certain age and nothing to do. Rather, she is a hard-charging, 51-year-old television shopping-channel anchor and director who, after her marriage falls apart, wants good sex without strings and is willing to pay handsomely for it.