Violence Against Women on the Digital Platform

Society and digital space influence one another so much that one space is affected by the other. That is why violence against women that continues in society takes an active part in the digital society also. While the #MeToo movement has been started online and has become the saviour for many women, the same social media platform also proves fatal for them. Female actresses are trolled and body-shamed for their posts on social media. Most of the time, female celebrity’s motherhood has been questioned by highlighting the topic of the presence or absence of baby bumps during their pregnancy. These harmful practices are done to silence women’s voices and regulate women’s free movement. By humiliating and making negative comments on social media, the male-dominated world wants to establish complete male power over the digital society. By focusing on topics like trolling, body shaming, and hate speech on social media, this paper tries to show how real-life gender-based violence percolates into social media.

Keywords: digital society, female celebrities, trolling, baby bumps, violence against women