{"id":34402,"date":"2019-01-06T10:24:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T15:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=34402"},"modified":"2019-01-11T16:39:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:39:23","slug":"enough-is-enough-shaming-exploitation-and-harrassment-of-women-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/06\/enough-is-enough-shaming-exploitation-and-harrassment-of-women-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough is Enough: Toni Storm Situation Highlights Shaming, Exploitation and Harrassment of Women on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women on social media have dealt with random, creepy messages from various people ever since social media began. In the past, IMPACT Knockout and indie star\u00a0Jordynne Grace<\/strong> turned her unfortunate receipts into two books, DMs Of A Female Indy Wrestler<\/a>, sharing the worst of what she received. Ten percent of the proceeds of these sales are donated to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National network. In the wake of the recent events involving fellow wrestler, Toni Storm<\/strong>, many female wrestlers, and women, in general, are standing together to say enough is enough. Grace announced on Twitter on January 5th that she was closing her direct messages (DMs) to the public on all forms of social media. Now, the only ones who will be able to message the young IMPACT<\/a> Wrestling Knockout are those she follows across the various platforms.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordynneGrace\/status\/1081619896809725952<\/p>\n

Just after 2019 began, Toni Storm\u2019s new year was rocked in an unexpected way. She found personal photographs and a video that were sexual in nature had been displayed across the Internet without her consent. Shortly thereafter, the Mae Young Classic winner deleted both her Twitter and Instagram accounts. Sadly, Toni is not the first WWE superstar to have this disgusting invasion of privacy happen to her. Fellow female wrestlers such as Paige, Charlotte Flair, Zelina Vega, JoJo Offerman, Danielle Moinet<\/strong> (fka Summer Rae) and Ruby Riott<\/strong> have suffered similar situations. Paige\u2019s situation is perhaps the most like Toni\u2019s as both had videos shared without their consent. Paige, as well as many other people, expressed her support for Toni by sharing a message followed by the hashtag #WeSupportToni.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/mauroranallo\/status\/1080685929025732608<\/p>\n

Paige has shared that in the wake of the sharing of her own private videos that she contemplated suicide. It also contributed to her eating disorder, which Paige has referred to as “stress-induced anorexia”. In an interview with former WWE ring announcer Lillian Garcia<\/strong> on Garcia’s Chasing Glory<\/strong><\/em> podcast, Paige said that she “was so sad to the point I was contemplating suicide. I was on the floor, I was so low. I got so skinny I ended up collapsing with exhaustion in hospital in England.\u201d So many people shared the hashtag in support of Toni, that it was trending on Twitter in the United Kingdom. It\u2019s unknown at this time if Toni is aware of her vast support across the social media that she\u2019s had to leave behind. Unfortunately, in addition to all the amazing support, there has been victim-blaming and ridicule as well. As with the Paige leak, jokes have been made at Toni\u2019s expense and many who blame her for this happening.<\/p>\n

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#WeSupportToni<\/a> When will social media platforms stop this, it's invasion of privacy and if everyone boycotted these platforms they would lose millions, time to reform and change laws, I nearly lost my daughter because of this. Step up your game internet, it can cost lives!!<\/p>\n

— Julia Hamer (@RealsarayaK) January 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n