TW: online sexual harassment, cyberbullying
“Two days after we won the elections in May 2023, I received messages on Facebook, which were in English, with photos of me edited into nude images, saying that he wanted to rape me or wanted to have sex with me.”
Move Forward Party MP, Chonthicha Jaengrew, recalls encountering online sexual exploitation, which she says ruined her self-confidence and made her insecure over her public image. She also questions why society has to use gender to attack women, especially those who have a strong determination to bring about changes in Thai politics.
“As a woman, who lives in Thailand and is often harassed and exploited by society, of course this emphasises my vulnerable status and increases my lack of trust in the state, whether it can really protect me as a woman who wants to take part in Thai politics.”
Feeling unsafe
Chonthicha first…
