Catharine MacKinnon (Catharine Alice MacKinnon) Quotes

It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.

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• It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.

  

  Catharine MacKinnon
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