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No. If you look at history everything we consider civilized have been a result of an effort or a struggle by the people that came before us.

Expecting the war against bullshit to end any time soon is naive. Civilization will always be on the defensive because the owners want more for themselves and less for everyone else.

1) Not every person wants the same kind of fit(snug,slim,skinny,relaxed,classic,natural, etc) or drape.

2) Look at this image to see the difference between different brands and their size 8 measurements.

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/04/24/business/201104... via http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/tag/womens-size-...

There's many variables to sizing. It wouldn't be impossible to create a database of measurements for every single piece of clothing.

And then there's the issue of shrinkage.

Of course it's not a serious problem that a group of people are being paid less if you're in the group that's being paid more than them.

Maybe it's easier to understand the issue if you replace women with another group of people. Imagine if black people, jewish people or LGBT as a group were paid 90% of their counterparts. Does that make it easier to grasp why this is a serious problem.

Lets make it even easier. Would you still feel that it's not a serious problem if white men as a group were discriminated against, were getting less promotions and were paid less than their colleges.

Coding and programming is not a vacuum that exists outside of society.