More specifically, the two fail to note, according to MacKinnon, that disparities between the sexes are not a product of their ontological differences, but are rather socially reinforced to appear such by the pervasive dominance that men exercise over society. Liberal feminism's reliance on the legal system and the state to distribute and open up the proceeds of equal opportunity for women is ineffective for MacKinnon, as she is still trying to operate within a framework that is inherently patriarchal. These institutions are incapable of implementing the necessary changes, as they themselves are built from a male perspective that perceives women's inequality as the norm. As MacKinnon summarizes, the apparent absence of explicit laws enforcing gender inequalities is not due to a lack of negligence, but a lack of necessity. An unequal society will undoubtedly have unequal laws, even if it is not obvious at first glance. In other words, for women to truly be equal to men in the law, they must first be equal in society. Liberal feminism seems to suggest the opposite, as it believes that equality in general will be achieved once women have the same personal legal rights and political opportunities as men. This for MacKinnon would be naive (since a tool of patriarchy cannot be used to change it) and ignorant of the most fundamental problem: that the domination of men over women is inevitable and permeates every sphere of society, and is so widespread that inequalities are misunderstood and reconstructed as a genre