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What do Mayanti Langer, Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha have in common? Twitter trolls

Why Mayanti Langer's response to her twitter trolls matters, and other women who took a stance.

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Ankita Maneck|Sep 02, 2016, 16:54:57 IST
The internet is a tough place for a woman to be.Especially if you are famous. Especially if you speak your mind.Mayanti Langer, who is a sports anchor married to cricketer Stuart Binny was at the receiving end of a lot of hate on Twitter because of Binny's under-performance at the T20.She was subjected to many trolls on twitter who alleged that she was the reason behind her husband's poor performance on the field.Also Read: Mayanti Langer shuts down trolls for commenting on husband Stuart Binny's performanceMayanti expertly shut down her trolls with this tweet: "I hope bullying us made you feel better about yourselves, cause otherwise was it really worth it?"
Langer is just one of the many women out there who have been subjected to trolls on Twitter unnecessarily.[caption id="attachment_2988462" align="alignleft" width="380"]sonakshisinha Sonakshi Sinha, Mayanti Langer and Priyanka Chopra. Images from News 18.[/caption]A news report by website Index On Censorship explained that a study on women and verbal online abuse in India (done by the Internet Democracy Project) revealed that internet users expect women to be servile and think they have the right to discipline women through by using abusive language. The also study compared the outright misogyny that women face on the street to the hate women face on Twitter.While there many trolls who set out to shame women for the way they think, what they wear and everything about them, here are a few women who have had the last word on their trolls:Priyanka ChopraRemember when people were making fun of Priyanka Chopra's photoshopped armpits on a magazine cover? The internationally acclaimed actress hit back at haters by posting this picture:
Sonam KapoorThe fashionista, who attended the Cannes film festival in 2015, got trolled for her sense of style (or the lack of it) according to Twitter users also hit back at them with a tweet that said, " I felt like a princess just so you know!"
Sonakshi SinhaThe Akira actress once took to Twitter when Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation proposed a four-day ban on meat observing the Jain festival of fasting. She tweeted:
When a Huffington post article tried to call Twitterati out on their fat shaming, Sonakshi responded by saying she didn't want to give body shamers any importance by calling them out.
Lisa HaydonKamal R Khan, who seems to have made a profession out of his Twitter comments made a rather inappropriate comment on model/actress Lisa Haydon's photo. Here's how she reacted:
Way to go girls, way to go.
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First Published:Sep 02, 2016, 16:54:57 IST
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