“MacKinnon has been perhaps the most important force behind the burgeoning theoretical literature in law on sex discrimination and feminist theory… Each of the essays published in stands on its own, making the book a collection of separate entries rather than one sustained argument. Using the tools of sociology of knowledge, Catharine MacKinnon relentlessly uncovers male bias, also known as objectivity and male perspectives also known as universality… On every page are epigrams one wants to print and hang on one’s walls. “ is to feminism what The German Ideology is to Marxism. It may, however, make us think, and challenge, and possibly act. MacKinnon offers a systematic and persuasive perspective on issues that are central not only to feminism but to social theory in general. MacKinnon defends what is frequently called ‘radical feminism.’ As the title of her book indicates, she believes this approach to be the only true or genuine feminism because it alone speaks for all women… Her position is grounded on a clear assertion of the primacy of the social over the biological… Fundamental to her radical feminism is the claim that gender is a system of dominance rather than of difference… Ms. It is passionate, brilliant, polemical and sectarian. “ book offers an unorthodox but relentlessly consistent perspective on issues fundamental to feminism.
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