In different ways Filmer, Burke, and Macaulay had all argued for the wisdom of tradition, and had all appealed from the kind of abstract reason that Locke , Rousseau , Bentham and James Mill used to the sanctity of established fact. Mill had sympathies with this tradition, even though he rejected its conservatism. He styled himself a progressive and contrasted the conservatism of hallowed tradition with the idea of progress. The subjection of women, Mill argues, is possibly the last hangover from an outdated society of brute force. The direction of progress Mill argues that history is moving from a society of brute force to a society of justice.
Hierarchy is the political theme of the society of brute force.
Equality is the political theme of the society of justice. Unknown The popular opinion and hallowed tradition that we talked about earlier, reveals itself on analysis to incorporate the ideology of brute force - under a frilly disguise of naturalism. The general opinion of men is supposed to be, that the natural vocation of a women is that of a wife and a mother. They will not do so unless they are compelled. Therefore it is necessary to compel them.