Catharine A. MacKinnon

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Catharine A. MacKinnon Criticism

Catharine A. MacKinnon is a pivotal figure in feminist legal theory, primarily known for her groundbreaking work in redefining sexual harassment as a form of sexual discrimination. Her seminal text, Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979), is a cornerstone in advancing sex equality cases globally. MacKinnon's work extends to critiquing pornography and hate speech, arguing—often with Andrea Dworkin—that such materials perpetuate male dominance and should not be shielded by the First Amendment, a stance that has provoked both acclaim and controversy.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Essays
    • Would You Mind?
    • Review of Sexual Harassment of Working Women
    • Review of Sexual Harassment of Working Women
    • Hard Cop, Soft Cop
    • In Search of Equality
    • Review of Feminism Unmodified
    • Law and Sex
    • Review of Feminism Unmodified
    • Review of Feminism Unmodified
    • A Radical's Odyssey
    • Prisoners of Gender
    • Review of Toward a Feminist Theory of the State
    • Review of Toward a Feminist Theory of the State
    • Differentiation and Stratification: Age Groups, Class, Gender, Race, and Ethnic Groups
    • Review of Toward a Feminist Theory of the State
    • Feminisms and the State
    • The Logic of the Development of Feminism; or, Is MacKinnon to Feminism as Parmenides Is to Greek Philosophy?
    • With Due Respect
    • Sex in the Twilight Zone: Catharine MacKinnon's Crusade
    • Obsession
    • Women and Pornography
    • Kiss Me, Cate
    • Who May Speak?: Amending the First Amendment
    • The Worst Book of the Year
    • Rancorous Liaisons
    • Is Pornography ‘Free Speech’?
    • Fighting the First Amendment's Free Ride
    • Review of Only Words
    • Drawing Lines
    • Devils and Deep Blue Seas
    • Pornography and Power
    • The New Censorship
    • Catharine MacKinnon and the Feminist Porn Debates
    • Review of Only Words
    • Pornography
    • In Defense of Gender-Blindness
    • The Outsider
    • Feminism and Liberalism Reconsidered: The Case of Catharine MacKinnon
  • Further Reading