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This is a poor reading of MacKinnon; in this case, there's no need for anyone to read into the statement when you can read what else she's written. She's one of
by claudiawerner 7y ago
This is a poor reading of MacKinnon; in this case, there's no need for anyone to read into the statement when you can read what else she's written. She's one of the most heavily cited feminists of all time in academic literature.
- rayiner 7y agoAgreed. I believe this is the context for the original quote: https://books.google.com/books?id=rxE8FQzjpYMC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=%22politically,+I+call+it+rape+whenever+a+woman+has+sex+and+feels+violated%22+context&source=bl&ots=whAO6ajW9T&sig=ACfU3U1C1CKeMVyTkSFsh-XfaoARg_ZExg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjetMPUhuzkAhXMqFkKHecGAxc4ChDoATAAegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=%22politically%2C%20I%20call%20it%20rape%20whenever%20a%20woman%20has%20sex%20and%20feels%20violated%22%20context&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=rxE8FQzjpYMC&pg=PA82&lpg=P... MacKinnon writes right after that quote: > I think it's fairly common, and is increasingly known to be common, for men to seek sexual access to women in ways that we find coercive and unwanted. On those occasions the amount and kind of force are only matters of degree. The problem is that rapes do not tend to be reported or prosecuted or sanctioned based on the force that was used; not based on how coercive it was and not based on how violated the woman feels; instead they are based on how intimate she is with the person who did it. This is why most women think we won't be believed in reporting the most common rapes, that is, rapes by people we know.