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Catharine MacKinnon Quotes

Catharine MacKinnon quotes

American Activist October 7, 1946

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In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color. Catharine MacKinnon
Men who are in prison for rape think it's the dumbest thing that ever happened... they were put in jail for something very little different from what most men do most of the time and call it sex. The only difference is they got caught. It may also be true. Catharine MacKinnon
Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted. Catharine MacKinnon
Catharine MacKinnon quote: "Politically, I call it rape whenever a woman has sex and feels..."
Politically, I call it rape whenever a woman has sex and feels violated. Catharine MacKinnon
So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going to be shot at dawn. Catharine MacKinnon
What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense. Catharine MacKinnon
In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. Catharine MacKinnon
To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status. Catharine MacKinnon
Catharine MacKinnon quote: "Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?"
Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable? Catharine MacKinnon

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