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Catherine Mackinnon

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Year of Publication: 2017

Mackinnon, Catherine, Butterfly Politics, Cambridge, MA, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017, pp. 504

Mackinnon argues that, under the right conditions, small simple actions can produce large complex effects, and that seemingly minor positive interventions in the legal realm can have a butterfly effect that generates major social and cultural transformations. Mackinnon connects the theory of social causality to a wide-ranging exploration of gender inequality, sexual harassment, rape, pornography and prostitution. His aim is to encourage political activism and promote equality socially and legally.