11 Women Who Were Mercilessly Shamed On Social Media For Choosing To Wear, Well Clothes

When rapes and molestations are so common to India, why not add 'mass shaming of women on social media' to that list?

In India, everyone loves to have an opinion, even if it means disrespecting a woman's choice to dress the way she likes. Trolls who prowl the dark alleys of the web have time and again slut-shamed and chastised women for their choice of attire. Whether it's a top exposing a?cleavage or a dress revealing waxed legs, people will promptly deliver a sermon on how Indian morality is being outraged.?

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1. Mithali Raj

The Indian women's cricket team captain was not spared when she shared this picture of herself in a spaghetti top.?Some Tweeple got so offended that they demanded?Mithali Raj?take down the picture. Ultimately, it was these trolls who were at the receiving end of all the bashing. One user tweeted, "Her Choice... Delete ur comment & change ur mentality..." (sic)

Mithali Raj/Twitter

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2. Priyanka Chopra

Controversy's favourite child,?Priyanka Chopra?was chastised for disrespecting the Tricolour on India's Independence Day. After she posted a Boomerang of her wearing a tricoloured?dupatta with a white top and denim jeans, she immediately found herself being slut-shamed.?While one user suggested legal action be taken against her, another went a step further and said that she disrespected the Tricolour by wrapping it around her 'filthy body'.??

Priyanka Chopra/instagram

3. Ankita Lokhande

Popular television star?Ankita Lokhande?found herself being trolled after she shared a series of photos on Instagram.?She was instantly judged for her break-up with?Sushant Singh Rajput and was called 'vulgar' and 'cheap'. Lokhande responded with positivity and effectively shut down her trolls.?

Ankita Lokhande/instagram

4. Safa Baig

Irfan Pathan’s model wife,?Safa Baig?was deemed 'un-Islamic' after the Indian cricketer shared this photo of the two together.?Bigots were quick to judge her for exposing her hands and wearing nail paint. One user commented, "Don't apply nail polish, apply mehndi." Soon enough, Pathan tweeted a message of love and said, "I repeat :) If there is more love than hate I think we are doing alright. #spreadlove" (sic)?

Irfan Pathan/facebook

5. Aneri Vajani

Beyadh actress?Aneri Vajani?was severely body-shamed after she shared a photo of herself in a bikini.?While many rebuked her for wearing an ill-fitted bikini, several others didn't shy away from picking on her body like vultures – from calling her 'ugly' to 'malnutritioned', these trolls were ruthless and petty.?

Aneri Vajani/instagram

6. Fatima Sana Shaikh

While vacationing in the Maldives,?Fatima Sana Shaikh?posted a picture of herself in a swimsuit. Little did she realise that the photo would unleash a barrage of religious preaching on her Instagram, peppered with spiel on morality.?The?Dangal?actress was repeatedly asked to "show some dignity at least in this pious month of Ramzan". Others got embroiled in heated arguments with users who tried to defend her.?

Fatima Sana Shaikh/instagram

7. Monali Thakur

Even singer?Monali Thakur, a National award winner, wasn't spared the filth spewed by misogynistic bigots who slut-shamed her for Instagramming a photo of herself in a black dress.?Apparently, it was the dress's length that had hurt people's sensibilities. When a girl decided to discipline Thakur into wearing proper clothes on her reality show?Rising Star, Thakur minced no words when firing back.

Monali Thakur/instagram

8. Disha Patani

The?MS Dhoni?actress, Disha Patani was not spared by trolls after she posted this photo of herself in a black dress at the Filmfare Awards.?'Nice boobs' and 'Looking bitch' were just some of the 'compliments' she received.?Patani hit back by saying, "It's easier to judge a woman on the basis of how much they cover up their skin, but it's hard to accept your own cheap mentality..."

Dish Patani/instagram

9. Nia Sharma

Television actress,?Nia Sharma?has been named the third sexiest Asian women. Obviously, it didn't go down too well with some who decided to humiliate her choices on social media.?Sharma was reprimanded for behaving like a slut in a video; however, she followed it up with another video and wrote,?"Oops! Here's one more from the photoshoot. Ready to slut-shame a girl again? Go ahead...I'll post five more...Coz that's exactly (why) I got this shoot done....!" (sic).

10.?Sonarika Bhadoria

Television actress?Sonarika Bhadoria?found herself being ridiculed on social media after she shared this gorgeous photo on Instagram.?From slut-shaming her to using derogatory words to insult her parents, Bhadoria was chastised mercilessly because?she once played a goddess in?Devon ka Dev...Mahadev.

Sonarika Bhadoria/instagram

11. Nargis Fakhri

Nargis Fakhri - one of the most stunning actresses in Bollywood had to relent to a request to pin up a cleavage-revealing dress before attending a dance reality show (read: family show),?Dance Plus 2. After Fakhri refused, the director intervened and made sure she acceded to their request. Fakhri obliged.?

Nargis Fakhri/instagram

We have moved into the 21^st century with women proving their capabilities across several fields. But many among us seem to have mindsets from the Dark Ages. And social media it seems has become a free for all with even the basest elements being given free rein to voice their unsolicited opinions. Ah, well. While they choose to pontificate on ‘moral codes of conduct’ for women, it begs the question what they were doing on that page in the first place? Voyeuristic guilt much??