Am I being overly sensitive?
I found the lede in this Reuters article, about a series of sexual assaults on men, to be truly offensive.
The article is about a guy who liked to break into men's apartments and perform oral sex on them as they slept.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/04/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-legallyweird-idUS425772451620120804
The lede is: Waking up to oral sex may be a pleasant surprise for most sleeping guys. But then again, it depends on who is giving the oral sex, right gentleman?
I am amazed (in a bad way) that a news agency would use such a flip tone in a story on sexual assault. If this had been about a sexual predator who targeted women, would they have gone with a lede like this? My friend emailed this to me b/c she couldn't believe it. Anyway....
The article is about a guy who liked to break into men's apartments and perform oral sex on them as they slept.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/04/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-legallyweird-idUS425772451620120804
The lede is: Waking up to oral sex may be a pleasant surprise for most sleeping guys. But then again, it depends on who is giving the oral sex, right gentleman?
I am amazed (in a bad way) that a news agency would use such a flip tone in a story on sexual assault. If this had been about a sexual predator who targeted women, would they have gone with a lede like this? My friend emailed this to me b/c she couldn't believe it. Anyway....