Subjection of Women

In The Subjection of Women, Mill bases his argument against the subjugation of the female to the male on a very interesting foundation: that we don't KNOW women's nature, and that the concepts of womanhood and the gender arrangements we assume are natural are, instead, entirely traditional and habitual, rather than based in nature. Focusing on these parts of his argument, discuss whether and in what ways (if any) the assumptions Mill questions are still true today.

I personally think things have greatly improved since Mill's times. Women got the vote, they can work most any job that men can work, and there's even men staying at home and raising children. However, I feel like the expectation for women to obey their husbands and to be the caregiver and housewife are still underlying. "The general opinion of men is supposed to be, that the natural vocation of a woman is that of a wife and mother." Women of a certain age are expected to get/be married and have children, it's seen as unusual in some circles if you're not. Married life these days is not the equivalent of slavery though, it's a partnership. Wife no long equals housewife.