Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bring this notion a little closer to home. One of the most influential and rigorous studies of sexual assault on college campuses was conducted in the mid-80s by Dr. Mary Koss, then a professor at Kent State. Koss found that one in 12 college men admitted to behaviors that fit the legal definition of rape. Applying the results of that study to Harvard, we can expect that just about all of us know someone affected by rape. The problem is that we rarely know we know...
There's a notion out there that an act of rape suggests an unstable, psychotic assailant. Not only is this assumption dead wrong, but it is damaging to the victim of acquaintance rape. As long as rape is viewed as the act of a man who temporarily "snapped" or of a demented stranger, how can we expect the victims of acquaintance rape ever to have any real legal or social recourse against their attackers...
...thrust himself into the public relations nightmare of forcing a mother to testify against her own child. Though Starr was operating within the law, not many people have seen up close how rough the law can get when a determined prosecutor pulls out all the stops. And the very notion of turning mother against daughter plays into the hands of the critics who say that the independent counsel is on a mad tear. If Lewinsky were accused of a violent crime, maybe terrorism or espionage, it might seem reasonable to apply heat to her family. But the underlying claim...
With over three years left for both players, that notion should strike fear into the hearts of every opposing coach...
Campus activists have long decried apathy at Harvard, lamenting that most Harvard students lack concern for some vague notion of social justice. Until recently, however, these concerns only occasionally graced this page. But with two shocking "setbacks," campus activists have gone to DEFCON...