I was reading an article by Catharine MacKinnon called 'Desire and Power' and I wanted to share some interesting points raised. MacKinnon theorizes that we speak a coded language when we talk about gender relations and feminism. When it comes to important issues, we have highly coded conversations. In order to unlock the code, we must be able to engage in a constructive, hands-on conversation. According to MacKinnon, there are three parts in developing constructive language. The first conversation is in the form of an argument.
