Jyotika on being Suriya’s wife, facing casual sexism: ‘There are hundred instances I can point out’

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In a conversation with News 18 Showsha, Jyotika, a superstar in her own right, opened up about the blatant discrimination that she faces in the industry, especially since she is the wife of a superstar. “If I say that I feel lucky to have married Suriya, people say that he’s a really nice guy. If he says that he feels lucky to have married a nice woman, the conversations is once again like Suriya is such a nice guy that he’s thinking of his wife,” said Jyotika, who pointed out how this casual sexism manifests in different forms in everyday life too. “Sometimes, it reaches a level where you may have an identity crisis. There are hundreds of instances that I can point out.”

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Pointing out how this discrimination pervades into various layers of one’s life, Jyotika revealed that being at the receiving end of this phenomenon can give women an identity crisis. “A woman’s search for her identity also nudges one to take a lot of decisions and make choices on their own. That’s also how I chose my career path,” she states.