ABSTRACT
This study is aimed to investigate the issue of slut-shaming in social media further. In the digital era, social media becomes the borderless space, where people can socialize, interact, and express themselves. On the contrary, social media has also become the forum where cyber-bullying, particularly slut-shaming, happens. The victims of social shaming are mostly young women, including college students. On the basis of that background, this study was conducted to find more about the slut-shaming phenomenon in social media. To achieve this goal, research data were collected through questionnaires with female students of English Department, Bina Nusantara University, as the respondents. The obtained data were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings show that females tend to feel insecure and uncomfortable in social media, even though the latter is an effective tool for women to voice up their issues. In addition, victim-blaming still exists in the Indonesian context. Slut-shaming also happens to women who do not follow the Indonesian values and norms. This study will offer a new perspective about slut-shaming in the Indonesian context and will be a helpful source in developing curriculum policy, specifically course material, to handle slut-shaming in cyberspace.
