Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defense, Zdrok spent much of her life in the Soviet Union, under a government that banned great cultural and literary works. For Zdrok, Playboy represents the epitome of free-expression ideals: the notion that a woman can take off her clothes whenever she wants, with whomever she wants...
...Zdrok's actions play right into the notion of woman as sex object, according to Andrea Walsh, lecturer in Social Studies and Women's Studies. "Whatever she says about her intellect is contradicted by her image," Walsh says. "It perpetuates the idea that women's bodies are objects to be consumed by the male viewer...
Psychologist Carol Gilligan gave us the notion that women speak "in a different voice;" what women need now is for all our different voices to be heard. Equality feminist organizations, on campus and on a national level, provide a voice that has too often been missing from contemporary feminist debate and at the same time allow for a diversity of women's voices within their own groups...
...notion that lawyers will lie to defend their clients leads to cynicism and lack of trust in our justice system, Ryan said. "The idea that you need to 'win' the jury in your favor implies that their decisions are erratic," he said...
This past week's action also helps bury the notion that the Ivy's non-scholarship athletes do not fair well outside of league play...