Complex sentence: Their research yielded a strategy originally proposed by feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon in the 1970s, where she argued that using the threat of withdrawing federal funding as a means to force universities to effect changes in sexual assault policies.
Split into simpler sentences: Their research yielded a strategy originally proposed by feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon in the 1970s. She argued for using the threat of withdrawing federal funding as a means to force universities to effect changes in sexual assault policies.