To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group… - Catharine MacKinnon

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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 MacKinnon

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Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born 7 October 1946) is an American radical feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher, and activist.

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Native Name: Catharine Alice MacKinnon

Alternative Names: Catherine A. MacKinnon

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