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Catharine MacKinnon

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Catharine MacKinnon is a distinguished lawyer and feminist scholar recognized for her work on women's rights and sexual harassment law. Born on October 7, 1946, she has made significant contributions to the legal and academic fields, particularly in advocating for gender equality and challenging patriarchal norms.

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“You grow up with your father holding you down and covering your mouth so another man can make a horrible searing pain between your legs.”

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Book:Only Words

Source: Only Words

“The arena of logic was made by men for men; it was expressly founded on the exclusion of what is not male, as well as what is not Greek, not Christian, nor Western, not Aryan.”

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Author:Catharine MacKinnon

“Sexuality is to feminism what work is to Marxism.”

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Book:Toward a Feminist Theory of the State

Source: Toward a Feminist Theory of the State

“Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism.”

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Author: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.”

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Book:Are Women Human?

Source: Are Women Human?

About the Author

Born: October 7, 1946
Known for: Lawyer
Quotes: 34

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