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The Malay Mail
When Malaysians attacked women online while hiding their identities
Sunday March 26, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Let's face it, many of us want our opinions, whether asked for or not, heard.
These days, a lot of it happens online... perhaps because of the greater freedom on the Net. But if we are honest, the anonymity of social media makes people braver. And very often meaner.
One case in point is attacking women online for the way they look, dress or carry themselves. Sadly that appears to be happening a little too frequently in Malaysia.
Malay Mail Online jotted down five times Malaysian women came under rabid criticism and contempt online for simply being, well, female.
1. SPM top scorer attacked because she wore make-up
Natasha Qisty Mohd Ridzuan was hit by a barrage of criticism from internet users after an interview about her straight-A results in the 2016 Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) examination.
Some Malaysians were apparently less interested in her impressive examination results, and chose to focus on her looks, and make-up. She was also denounced for purportedly speaking with a foreign accent. Even her dressing was not spared.
Most comments expressed either disapproval of her appearance or claimed that she will rely more on her looks than her intelligence to succeed.
2. Ain 'Sado'
Former athlete Fatin Nur Ain Ramli was savaged online for wearing body-hugging sports apparel with a tudung, or headscarf.
The combination of her attire and developed physique gained her minor fame last year, when a local entertainment website republished photographs she had posted on her social media feed… without her permission.
Ain then became Ain “Sado.” Sado is a colloquial Malay term used to describe muscular people.
With fame came infamy, however, as some Muslims became unhappy with Ain’s display of her physique and started raining criticism on her. Others also made leery comments about her appearance.
3. Siti Fatimah Husna, hijab-wearing racer
Siti Fatimah Husna is a 25-year-old engineer-turned-professional racer under the Club Petronas team, and has participated in various races from the Federation International Motorcycle (FIM Asia) Supermoto Championship to the Petronas Malaysian Cub Prix.
She has also won the Supermoto Championship CKD in Serdang back in 2015, beating out 10 male riders.
Despite her successes, Malaysians have roasted her online, accusing her of being un-Islamic for racing and judging her because of the body-hugging protective gear she wears.
4. Yuna
Back in June last year, singer-songwriter Yuna was attacked by Malaysians online after a video of her hugging duet partner Usher on stage at the end of their performance at an event, went viral on social media.
The incident happened spontaneously while they were singing their hit song, Crush, at The Roots Picnic 2016 in Philadelphia, the United States last year.
Yuna posted the video on her social media accounts and was subsequently criticised by Internet users and some bloggers.
Some fans, however, defended her, saying that Usher was not familiar with Malaysian culture.
5. Uqasha Senrose
Fans of popular Malay actress Uqasha Senrose accused the 24-year-old of “deriding” Islam after she decided to stop wearing a headscarf in September last year.
After donning the headscarf for three years, her decision to go without one has been met with fierce criticism, mostly from her male followers, who took to her Facebook page and accused her of being “undignified” and a “hypocrite.”
Some even told her she would lose some fans because they wanted to go to "heaven" and not "hell."
She was eventually forced to publicly explain her decision to stop wearing the tudung, saying that she felt that she was becoming more of a hypocrite by wearing it when she no longer had a “sincere” desire to do so.
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