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

Joanna Chiu chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 10 00:49:45 PDT 2013 

And the fun thing about Twitter is that you get instant reactions from
random strangers your messages reach, too.

*Scott* @*Scotty_McQ* <https://twitter.com/Scotty_McQ>
1h<https://twitter.com/Scotty_McQ/status/321874016249982977>

@*vnleblanc* <https://twitter.com/vnleblanc>
@*joannachiu*<https://twitter.com/joannachiu>
@*StarGTANews* <https://twitter.com/StarGTANews> That cow! If that was a
woman she would have been freaking fired in a heartbeat. This is not
acceptable
*
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>>> Message-ID:
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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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>>>>  Joanna Chiu
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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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>>>> Message: 3
>>>> 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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