Famous quote by Catharine MacKinnon

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If you want to know who is being hurt in this society, go see what is being done and to whom in pornography and then go
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"If you want to know who is being hurt in this society, go see what is being done and to whom in pornography and then go look for them other places in the world"

- Catharine MacKinnon

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This quote by Catharine MacKinnon is a call to action to acknowledge the harm that is being done to people in the world through pornography. She is recommending that if we want to understand who is being hurt in our society, we should look to porn as a starting point. By taking a look at the people who are being made use of in pornography, we can then look for them in other locations in the world and recognize the harm that is being done to them. This quote is a pointer that we need to know the power characteristics at play in our society and act to protect those who are susceptible and marginalized. It is a call to acknowledge the harm that is being done to people in our society and to take action to protect them.

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Catharine MacKinnon This quote is written / told by Catharine MacKinnon somewhere between October 7, 1946 and today. She was a famous Activist from USA. The author also have 9 other quotes.

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