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9 quotes by Catharine MacKinnon

For the singer, see Catherine McKinnon. Catharine Alice MacKinnon Born (1946-10-07) October 7, 1946 (age 68) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Fields Legal scholar Institutions University of Michigan (Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, 1989–) York University (Professor of Law, 1988–1989) various universities (Visiting Professor, 1984–1988) University of Minnesota (Assistant Professor of Law, 1982–1984) Alma mater Yale University (PhD, political...
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It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group... →

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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... →

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It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.

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Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is... →

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Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented... →

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Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?

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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... →

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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... →

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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.

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