Gender equality is decided not by the legislative battles we win, but the personal battles we lose. Our laws are as water running through a ruptured tumbler: they fill the tumbler, but only just. The laws serve the means for which we need them but are not the end we require. We do not want a victory which is forever unhappy and turgid, but one which is indefinitely consistent regardless of norms. To improve the status quo, governmental action coupled with a change in mentality must be enacted to win the war in the subliminal self. The swiftest path to this destination is the betterment of the economic status of women. Fortunately or Unfortunately, financial capabilities define today's spectrum. The better one's rank, the greater one's persona qua political influencer and social influencer. Lamentably, current democracies are host to politicians who are either richly endowed or funded by the wealthy. To fund actual change, the first step must be to enhance the financial p