"Francis Biddle's Sister: Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech" (1984), p. 170
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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 reduced as part of the definition of your status.
— Catharine A. MacKinnon
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Source: Wikiquote: "Catharine A. MacKinnon" (Quotes, Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law (1987))
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About Catharine A. MacKinnon
Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born 7 October 1946) is an American radical feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher, and activist.
About Catharine A. MacKinnon
Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born 7 October 1946) is an American radical feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher, and activist.
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