[Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?

[Joanna Chiu]

Thanks for sending the past case Lyn! 

I will send out a comment on Facebook and twitter. Would anyone have time to write a letter that WAM members can use as a template and that WAMVan can sign off on? 

We had drafted a letter earlier about the Pistorios media coverage, which was written by listserv member Sarah Khan. 

Or if we brainstorm a list of points here I can pull it together into a letter to the editor for us.

Joanna 

On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:44 AM, Lyn Cockburn <lyncockburn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rosie Dimanno seems to have established her career as a columnist
>  by skating close to the line, if not over it. Her column below about
>  a doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients was  so roundly 
> criticized for its opening sentence that the editor wrote a so called 
> explanation, also below.
> The current column seems sloppy, as though it was written quickly. 
> It also strikes me as snide and insensitive - towards everyone 
> involved.
>  Would an email to the editor from WAM or a Tweet be worthwhile?
> http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/01/18/dimanno_resilient_witnesses_give_grqaphic_details_of_doctors_alleged_sex_assaults.html
> 
> http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2013/01/21/public_editor_note_on_rosie_dimannos_jan_18_column_on_dr_george_doodnaughts_trial.html
> 
> Lyn
> 
> On 2013-04-09, at 6:56 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So this is how the Toronto Star column on the assault of a 19-year-old man in Toronto started off: 
>> "They could be sex molls or sex maulers.
>> 
>> Definitely on the chubby side, though: described as around 190 to 200 pounds and five-foot-four.
>> 
>> Last seen teetering around in high heels and short black dresses — typical clubbing attire — their estimated age 30 to 36, so not cougars on the prowl.
>> 
>> A quartet of ladies, wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 19-year-old male.
>> 
>> http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/04/09/sexual_assault_case_involving_four_female_suspects_a_bizarre_anomaly.html
>> 
>> I've seen a lot of other bad coverage of the crime, making it more of a laughing matter that men can be assaulted. 
>> 
>> Any thoughts, or does anyone know of any organized criticism of this kind of reporting? 
>> 
>> Joanna 
>> 
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