One could logically have a POV that some social "progress" is not progress. We are now rather accepting of unmarried women getting pregnant, is that social progress?
And by "accepting", I don't just mean it's accepted generally as "not a bad thing", I mean that it is considered very normal and proper.
We might be better off societally if we collectively viewed it as something to avoid. Our culture at one time looked down on "living on the dole".
But, it's a matter of perspective I suppose.
Anyone who asks hard questions on a message board tends to get derided and "kicked out". Hard questions need to be asked, in my view, even if, because, they make us uncomfortable or angry.