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Politically, I call it rape whenever a woman has sex and feels violated.
Catharine MacKinnon
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Catharine MacKinnon
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 7
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Catharine Alice MacKinnon
Catherine A. MacKinnon
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