Women being attacked in social media is a popular meme right now. A man was
recently charged with online threats against an Alberta cabinet minister. Sexist? The fact he has also made threatening comments online about male politicians seems to have escaped the notice of people who just love this meme.
Basically, if you're a public figure these days you are going to have awful things said about you online daily. Making it about gender is either naive, or just another kind of divisive politics.