[Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
Joanna Chiu
chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 9 11:20:14 PDT 2013
Wow, thanks Sarah! That would be great! And Sharon, yes I'll send out links to listserv of the Facebook and twitter messages later today!
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 10, 2013, at 2:15 AM, sarah khan <sarahkhn841 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
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> 1. Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
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> 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?
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> 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?
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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
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Joanna Chiu
> > www.joannachiu.com
> > twitter.com/joannachiu
> > WAM! Vancouver
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> >
> >
> >
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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?
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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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