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It sounds like he was not permanently hurt, so the fact that this article has made national attention serves as a celebration of the event? There has been a proliferation of assault on men's genitals -used as comic relief or as a "normal" resolution to conflict- in the entertainment industry
The circumstances of this attack sound strange, like - was he wearing pants or not? And what were they doing while this attack took place? I wonder if there isn't some hyperbole in this article...
Who knows, but the point of interest here is that when a man is sexually/physically assaulted by a woman - such as the Bobbit case, the media and feminists alike joke and or rejoice as if the event was some type of noble or heroic act.
It is good when men get attention when victimized by domestic assault, but the underlying message of this article isn't pure... If a women was attacked, I do not htink that the media would outline in detail what happened to her...
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I am curious why the woman's name was not mentioned in the article...whenever a man is accused of something, isn't it common to have his name mentioned?
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Actually, in reporting this comment, Foxnews pointed out that the real insensitive party here is Sgt Malik. Hopefully, some activist-minded soul will call his supervisor and ask what kind of disciplinary action will be taken and report it here. (Probably none, but just asking the question is worthwhile.) I wrote to Fox, but I think the guilty and insensitive party is Malik.
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Yes, but the name of the perp was witheld because (if it were released) it would by extension identify the victim. News organizations rarely identify victims of sexual assault (if they're female). In this case, it looks like the police didn't reveal the names on the report.
Here's my letter to Fox News:
Editor:
It is shocking and highly offensive that Fox News would report a story like the one by Michael Y. Park and try to make a (bad taste) joke about it. You may find the story to which I am referring here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,33096,00.html .
Since when is domestic violence funny? Yes, that's exactly what it was: domestic violence. It is a crime not only committed by men against women. Statistics and recent studies show that nearly half of all domestic assaults are committed by women against their husbands. This is just one more case.
Thankfully, you showed enough taste to not name the victim.
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Actually, Malik didn't make those comments. The reporter did. AND I just noticed that the story has been changed on Fox News. The last line now reads: "He said the wound wasn’t severe enough to keep the victim from speaking to local reporters on the courthouse steps after his wife’s bail hearing Tuesday morning." instead of the original line about "no word on whether he spoke in a higher pitch." The story's tone is still WAY too light, though.
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Generally, reporters print as much detail as we're given, even if that detail is graphic. I wrote about enough rape cases to be able to tell you that from experience. The graphic details aren't the big deal here as much as it is that Fox News made light of it, thought it was funny. This is an extension of the institutionalization of violence against men by the media and the greeting card industry. Violence against men is OK, according to them. Violence against women is not.
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