torvosaur's review
5.0
This book is an amazing introduction to Catharine MacKinnon's radical feminist ideas, and how even small and strategic interventions in the legal system can and have paved the way for sex equality for women. Her work with the law on rape, sexual harassment and rape as a weapon on war and genocide is indispensable, and highly prudent.
There are some aspects I disagree STRONGLY with, especially her analysis of sex work (her analysis gets very SWERFy and uncomfortable), however - she made me rethink my stances in ways I had not foreseen. Mackinnon is a gifted writer, writing with great clarity and prescience on matters of utmost and alarming importance. Her vision of sex inequality as subordination and oppression is valuable.
The chapters I enjoyed the most were - 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 28.
This book is a must read for any and every law student who wishes to understand questions of sex equality, and wishes to fight for it. I hope you find it as informative and inspiring as I did.
There are some aspects I disagree STRONGLY with, especially her analysis of sex work (her analysis gets very SWERFy and uncomfortable), however - she made me rethink my stances in ways I had not foreseen. Mackinnon is a gifted writer, writing with great clarity and prescience on matters of utmost and alarming importance. Her vision of sex inequality as subordination and oppression is valuable.
The chapters I enjoyed the most were - 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 28.
This book is a must read for any and every law student who wishes to understand questions of sex equality, and wishes to fight for it. I hope you find it as informative and inspiring as I did.
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