Across time, in a variety of forms and spaces -from homes and workplaces to
digital domains of social media- women have become victims of male dominance.
So also are the other vulnerable sections that suffer multi-layered abuse, and
endure sexual harassment in social media. Yet, this phenomenon is insufficiently
explored. Therefore, this article argues that social media spaces have become
domains for sexual harassment and subjugation of women. This article examines
gender-trolling on Twitter as a form of sexual violence against women. Employing
qualitative analyses of the Twitter conversations on Indian journalists, namely
Barkha Dutt, Sagarika Ghose, and Rana Ayyub, it exposes the nature and form of
sexual violence against women on the micro-blogging space, and argues that
social media platforms constitute convenient havens of harassment against
assertive women