Delhi Crime 3's Rasika Dugal Says Women Are Easily Tagged 'Difficult': No One Takes Females In Authority With Grace | EXCLUSIVE

Netflix’s Delhi Crime is back with Season 3. The show, which delves into spine-chilling crimes against women and children, also subtly holds up a mirror to internalised patriarchy and gender dynamics in professional settings. Rasika Dugal, who plays young inspector Neeti Singh, recently opened up about the subtle discrimination women continue to face.Delhi Crime 3's Shefali Shah On Gender DiscriminationShefali Shah, who plays the lead role in the show, spoke exclusively to Zoom about why people find it difficult to take orders from women. "I don’t know why it’s like that. So many times I’ve had to wonder — do I really need to bring my husband into the picture or use a man’s position or even name to get things done? It shouldn’t be like that. 'Bhaiya

ne bola hai.' It’s so prevalent. Of course, they come from a background where they’re not educated, born and brought up in patriarchy, etc. But this is something we face all the time," she said.When asked if she had ever faced this on a film set, she denied it and said she had been “lucky” with the directors she had worked with. However, she did mention “one or two exceptions.”Rasika Dugal Says Women Are Easily Tagged 'Difficult'Meanwhile, Rashika said, "No man or woman takes a woman in authority with grace, it’s terrible."She continued, "If a man says something in a professional environment, people say, 'Sir has held it together.' If a woman says the same, it’s like 'She’s PMSing, she’s menopausal,' all that nonsense. It’s a big problem, horrible, actually."You internalise it to a level where you start thinking, 'Should I just stop speaking up?' Because you don’t want to be seen as 'difficult.' If a woman speaks her mind, she’s difficult. If a man speaks his mind, he’s in control, he’s the one to follow."

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She said that people tend to follow such behaviour unconsciously in their daily lives, without questioning or even understanding it, and often try to express things more politely in the hope that they will be received better.