

The most obvious sense is that most rapists are men and most legislators are men and most judges are men and the law of rape was created when women weren't even allowed to vote.

She writes: "he fact that the law of rape protects rapists and is written from their point of view to guarantee impunity for most rapes is officially regarded as a violation of the law of sex equality, national or international, by virtually nobody."Īre you suggesting that rape law enshrines rapists' points of view, I ask MacKinnon? "Yes, in a couple of senses.

Of all the provocative passages in Catharine MacKinnon's new book Are Women Human? the following hit me hardest.
