Gullible who would be affected by these free-flowing internet hate speeches. Mean any harm, but there are several other internet users, young, confused and We can safely assume that they are just ‘trolling’ and don’t Another is the disturbing problem of the rape gifs, abundantly shared on social networking sites as a response to something a woman has posted. Many female journalists receive abusive tweets and rape threats on twitter. These comments only echo the patriarchal notion of women as sex slaves and how they are commodities owned by their respective partners. Most of the comments repeated questions like why did Sania not find an Indian Muslim man and stated that it's not an offence if committed by a boyfriend (in Priety's case) because apparently a woman is obliged to yield to a man's sexual desires if they are in a relationship! Well, this alongside filthy language used for both women. Public shaming on the internet almost similar to lynching. Preity Zinta and Sania Mirza both experienced Jokes’ pages while Maria Sharapova’s official facebook page was completely vandalisedīy cricket fanatics for weeks. The internet was flooded with ‘Dumb Alia’ memes and ‘Alia Bhatt God while Alia Bhatt could not name the president of India on a high profileĬhat show. Sharapova was guilty of admitting that she did not know the Indian cricketing Sania Mirza committed the ‘treacherous’ act of marrying a Pakistani, Maria Is famous, an actress who chose to remain single while buying a cricket team and lodged a complaint against her ex-boyfriend, They were all bullied by these online haters. Zinta, Sania Mirza, Maria Sharapova, Alia Bhatt or a lesser known woman- all have one thing in common. Moral standards set by the self-appointed internet society of greater good. Is a chronic hate campaign against every woman who seem to fall short of the Liars and conspirators every time there is a news item on sexual harassment. These days there is a general tendency to brand women as The German national football coach by referring to him as a woman!

she’ll never learn.’ in an attempt to insult Even well moderated forums would haveĬomments like ‘Jogi Loew and her team. Like ‘feminist whore’, ‘dumb bitch’, ‘stupid slut’ are extremely common andįreely used on facebook and Youtube. Of these women who have been abused and shamed for expressing their opinions. Lawmakers don’t seem to be particularly concerned about the freedom of speech Women are sometimes forced to hide their identity online, adopting male or gender neutral names in order toĪvoid direct personal attack. A woman who comments on a piece of news related to politics, any article reporting rape, sexual assault, and has a different view from the masses would be targetted by online misogynists with taunts, abuses and patronising statements telling her to 'go back to the kitchen' etc. On the internet and social media with abusive comments and rape/death threats. Plenty of women have had the experience of being personally attacked Individuals like ministers, members of assemblies, spiritual leaders and onlineĪbusers. The most abused phrase in a democracy and it is reserved for privileged Stricter moderation policy is freedom of speech. While many newspapers moderate their comments sections, the lack of any effort is visible in plenty Or implying racism, communalism and misogyny. Online article would have seen vitriolic and provocative comments bordering on Anybody who has ever read the comments section of an It is just another form of bullying and sexism. Trolling is not about being witty and sarcastic, neither is it about being anĪnnoying pest eager to start a fight, online trolling also stands for hatefulĬomments with racist and sexist speech, rape and death threats. Neither is it funny anymore because now online

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