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Catharine A Mackinnon

Catharine A Mackinnon Quotes

Total quotes: 3

Catharine A Mackinnon

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Total quotes: 3

“Even when she was believed, nothing he did to her mattered as much as what would be done to him if his actions against her were taken seriously. His value outweighed her sexualized worthlessness.”

— Catharine A Mackinnon, Opinion | #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not

Tagged: Justice, Law, MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault, victim-blaming, Victim Shaming

“This mass mobilization against sexual abuse, through an unprecedented wave of speaking out in conventional and social media, is eroding the two biggest barriers to ending sexual harassment in law and in life: the disbelief and trivializing dehumanization of its victims.”

— Catharine A Mackinnon, Opinion | #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not

Tagged: Justice, Law, MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault, victim-blaming, Victim Shaming

“It is widely thought that when something is legally prohibited, it more or less stops. This may be true for exceptional acts, but it is not true for pervasive practices like sexual harassment, including rape, that are built into structural social hierarchies.”

— Catharine A Mackinnon, Opinion | #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not

Tagged: Justice, Law, MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault, victim-blaming, Victim Shaming, Social Hierarchies, Structural Oppression, Institutional Oppression, Rape Culture

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