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

sarah khan sarahkhn841 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 9 11:15:55 PDT 2013 

I'd be happy to write a letter again, except I won't have it done until
Sunday evening.

Sarah

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Sharon Haywood <sharon at adiosbarbie.com>wrote:

> Joanna, it would be great if you could share the tweets you send out and
> we could also send out and retweet. The more they receive the better.
>
> I'm still shaking my head...
>
> Lyn, the first link to the original article is broken. Do you have the
> text to the DiManno article?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:57 PM, <wamvan-request at lists.resist.ca> wrote:
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>>    1. Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
>>       (Joanna Chiu)
>>    2. Re: Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
>>       (Lyn Cockburn)
>>    3. Re: Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
>>       (Joanna Chiu)
>>    4. Re: Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
>>       (heather at heatherwritesstuff.com)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 21:56:55 +0800
>> From: Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
>> To: wamvan <wamvan at lists.resist.ca>
>> Subject: [Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men:
>>         thoughts?
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>> 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<
>> http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/04/08/updated_descriptions_of_women_wanted_in_sex_assault_on_man.html
>> >,
>> wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 19-year-old
>> male.<
>> http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/04/07/police_searching_for_four_women_after_a_man_was_sexually_assaulted_downtown.html
>> >
>>
>> 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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>> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:44:24 -0700
>> From: Lyn Cockburn <lyncockburn at gmail.com>
>> To: "wamvan at lists.resist.ca" <wamvan at lists.resist.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men:
>>         thoughts?
>> Message-ID: <40C24E6C-6C56-498E-9AA6-170EEFB4E14C at gmail.com>
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>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > ---
>> > Joanna Chiu
>> > www.joannachiu.com
>> > twitter.com/joannachiu
>> > WAM! Vancouver
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:52:11 +0800
>> From: Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
>> To: "wamvan at lists.resist.ca" <wamvan at lists.resist.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men:
>>         thoughts?
>> Message-ID: <81ADA332-8DFA-477A-8A7F-34749DE553E1 at gmail.com>
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>> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ---
>> >> Joanna Chiu
>> >> www.joannachiu.com
>> >> twitter.com/joannachiu
>> >> WAM! Vancouver
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:52:19 -0700
>> From: <heather at heatherwritesstuff.com>
>> To: wamvan at lists.resist.ca
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