In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of… — Catharine MacKinnon

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.

Catharine MacKinnonActivist · American · b. 1946

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