After reading the Ruddick and Sharma articles, I noticed a similarity between Sharma's characterization of Western nations (in particular Canada) as insular entities and Ruddick's description of the female-associated "caregiver" as "notoriously 'partial'" and "far more likely [to disobey/act] when authorities threaten their 'own' work, their 'own' people" (Ruddick 123). This then prompts the question of whether the concept of protecting the "self" in contrast with the "other" is inherently ingrained into our consciousness and if it is possible to break free of existing dichotomous barriers. Women are equally guilty of perceiving men as "other" and "alien," just as families are suspicious of outsiders (i.e. parental scrutiny of potential boyfriends/girlfriends) and nations are wary of immigrants. Declaring one dichotomy unjust has incurred questioning about other dichotomies (race, religion, gender and sexuality to name a few) and may open the door to further questioning about other dichotomies in the future - is it desirable for the world to be one massive homogenous mixture, or is there an invisible line that must not be crossed?