Ickapoo loves a woman, but he is also a Man who must protect, provide for his wife with his privilege.
Mill argues that throughout history, women have been relegated to a secondary and inferior status on the basis of law and religion. (Mill, 2002: 123) Indeed, Mill categorically refers to women as slaves to men. (Mill, 2002:127)While this might have held true in the past, the reification of the distinction between men and women as a metaphysical absolute does not hold as strongly today as it has in the past. With substantial progresses made in the women's movement, females are not mere objects relegated to a domestic sphere as was the case in the past. The election of an unprecedented female prime minister in Australia for instance, demonstrates this point. Women have also become more vis
