[Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
Joanna Chiu
chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 9 22:13:40 PDT 2013
Hi, here is the Facebook post:
Please write to editors of this Toronto Star article (and others) making a
sexual assault of a 19-year-old man into a joke.
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/04/09/sexual_assault_case_involving_four_female_suspects_a_bizarre_anomaly.htmlResource
on myths about sexual assault against men here
http://aasas.ca/index.php/main/page/guys-are-sexually-assaulted-too-2010-09-22-13-09-48
And a quick way to reach editors without writing a formal letter is on
Twitter. Bigger and mid-sized media companies usually have dedicated social
media managers that monitor reader responses to their articles.
Here's @wamvancity's tweet. Please RT! We're at
https://twitter.com/wamvancity
Please write to editors of @StarGTANews <https://twitter.com/StarGTANews> who
made a sexual assault of a 19-year-old man into a joke
#rapemyths<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rapemyths>
http://fb.me/2tzyqf85Z
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>
>> 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?
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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?
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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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