ABSTRACT
Expressing similar sentiments, Rosemary Hunter (2008) argues that although the rhetoric of equality and inequality remains valuable to frame and raise awareness of women’s political and legal claims, and despite the increased credibility of equality claims in the international arena,1 these concepts nevertheless fail to describe or explain women’s oppression meaningfully. Nor are they capable of supplying accurate and practicable standards for alleviating oppression. Hunter’s frustration is shared by many prominent feminists who suggest alternative, or at least supplementary, concepts to remedy the defects of equality as a legal concept and goal.
