Kanika Dhillon on men doubting a woman’s success: First thing they’ll say is, ‘Oh, has she slept her way up?’

Renowned screenwriter, Kanika Dhillon‘s journey in the industry was not a bed of roses. She had been through thick and thins earlier in her career. She was harassed, there were inequality and a lot more she went through. In an interview with News 18, Kanika has spoken about her journey.

She said, “Forget the paycheck, there were times when I started out that I wanted to leave this industry and go. I was harassed; I was propositioned; I was made to feel that the only way I’m good enough is to have a happy face around; I was made to feel that I’m being kept around because I was easy on the eyes.”

She further said, “Since I have been made to feel so unworthy because of my sex, I hit back harder, and today, I want to charge the maximum that I can. Today, I’m amongst the highest paid writers in the industry because that’s where I wanted to be. And that is something I promised myself because I was made to feel victimised, harassed and not good enough.”

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Kanika also spoke about how men judge a woman’s success and refuse to acknowledge that a woman is doing well in her life because of her talent. “Somehow the first thing that they’ll say is, ‘Oh, has she slept her way up?’ I feel that the men who gossip like this, they actually do it in real life. They think that sleeping their way up is a great way to do it, hence you are projecting it on other people’s success and validating the other person’s position,” said Kanika.

She added, “So next time when you hear a man of this industry, cracking a joke that ‘I think this woman is sleeping her way up,’ immediately know that this man is a predator. And, this judgment is something that women face across the world. Men judge them more because they get very insecure and scared.”

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