Recently, a woman on Facebook updated her status. I can’t say I’ve ever been sexually harassed. I’ve been lucky. I could ‘tattle’ on the boss who asked me out even though he was married, thirty-five years ago. Do I destroy his life and family just because everyone is revealing these things now? No way on God’s green earth. Gonna be a woman’s world. She continued her thoughts in the comment section. The witch hunt must end.

From the Left, I’ve heard this is incredible. Women are having their moment. People are listening. Sexual harassment in the workplace is going to be at an all-time low.

I’ll admit, it’s hard to avoid feeling that excitement as a feminist, as a woman and as a liberal. I want to believe this reckoning is going to change things. It’s equally troubling and inspiring to see women I respect coming forward with their stories, sharing #MeToo on Twitter and Facebook, men being vocal allies for women and boosting our often-silenced voices.

But while I fanaticize about a so-called woman’s world, it’s not the world we live in. Not yet.

In the time since the Weinstein story broke, I have been confronted with what now? What movies am I supposed to watch? What music am I supposed to listen to? Can I still laugh at rape jokes if I go to a comedy show? There’s going to be nothing left of pop-culture or even politics if this witch hunt keeps up.

It seems to be coming from both sides of the political spectrum, this idea that things are changing, seriously changing, for everyone. That women are going to be heard and taken seriously, or that white men are going to be replaced by women of color in high-paying positions, or that Ladybird is going to put an end to a cultural obsession with Woody Allen movies. After all, TIME named “The Silence Breakers” as Person of the Year. This is a watershed moment, right?

In some ways, yes. Women’s voices are beginning to be heard, like a persistent murmur in a silent library. But the nagging librarian is still there, waiting to shush them with a finger to her pursed lips. Voices that are sounding out the loudest are, overwhelmingly, white voices with access and privilege. Taylor Swift is prominently featured in TIME’s Person of the Year coverage, and for good reason. She has the privilege and access to make her voice heard. What about those people, people who identify with #MeToo, who are not afforded such prominence?

Even in writing this, I am exercising privilege countless people will never have. I’m typing this on a MacBook, using internet I can access without restriction, which I pay for monthly without second thought. I’m pursuing a college degree in a country where I could attend any college I could be accepted into (and which I could afford). I’m a citizen of a nation where I can vote, protest, petition the government and write all about it on social media or for a news outlet. I’m white. I’m cis-gender. I don’t have any physical disabilities or debilitating mental illnesses. This list can go on for a long time.

I am endlessly thankful and appreciative of Rose McGowan, Taylor Swift, Kesha, Ashely Judd and the many other women who shared their stories publically, and whose voices are being heard. But when confronted with the idea that this country -- one governed by a President who has been accused by at least thirteen women of sexual misconduct -- is becoming a hub for liberalism and gender equality, I cannot agree.

While those of us inspired by recent events may be celebratory of small cracks appearing in the façade of the patriarchy, we must not revel too long. A reckoning may be on the horizon in Hollywood, and maybe even in Washington, but for people who are systematically underrepresented, systematic change isn’t happening yet.

While women’s stories about abuse are being heard by those at the top, let’s not assume it will have a trickle-down effect. Those of us who have privilege and access, even on a small scale, must use it to boost the voices of those systematically unheard. The perception by those who are looking to this as the end of the patriarchy, a watershed moment creating a woman’s world, is short-sighted at best. The only way to achieve that kind of change is for everyone is to institute change on a small, local level. We must listen to the voices being silenced around us, not only those voices privileged enough to be broadcasted and published. Those brave women are paving the way for others. Let’s all help them out.