At the
outset though it may sound over generalization, we need to get to the
real root of the problem and not resort to masking the symptoms through a
gamut of non-committal escapist devices like verbal justifications, statistical
data, surveys etc.
The root of
the problems of women entrepreneurs has more to do with the generations
of 'collective socio- psychological inhibitions nurtured by patriarchal
structures'.
The very
fact that a topic like this crops up is because of the above reality or
perception.
In terms of
education, capabilities, economic status the modern-day women are well
equipped on par, if not, better than men.
That being
the case, what makes the society to discuss or debate about problems of
women entrepreneurs is not problems that are women generated but women
centric because despite all tall claims of empowerment and
equality to women, the society is aware of the gender biased
discriminations and at least a few feels guilty about those
discriminations.
Most
government policies across nations can at best draft policies that address
superficially some of these gender biased issues. But until and unless
the socio- psychological barriers are culturally uprooted we may
end up not addressing the real issue and instead create few more delaying
tactics with terminologies that have a halo around them like women empowerment.
Society has
been guilty of two dangerous approaches which will never allow larger sections of human beings the actual
plight/progress preventing aspects of womanhood are: - one scripting
sensational stuffs, adrenal provoking preaching or leftists’ one sided
sloganeering with a selective/narrow hidden agenda/propaganda of
finding faults or provoking a sense of perennial victimhood only with
particular social/religious systems and two producing sickening status quo
promoting far rightists’ traditions and orthodoxy.
Both these
approaches prevent us from taking notice of /being aware of how the whole
society inflicts pain, indoctrinates its predefined identities on womanhood and
curtails their freedom in many areas of activities.
Besides,
these approaches also prevent us from gradually rectifying the mistake at every
micro level within each family by creating atmospheres to ensure not enough
freedom to women as very often to deny freedom to them men have very handy
existing literature, prejudices, traditions etc to justify the stand.
Constant
ideological indoctrination has also erased self-love from the hearts of many
women.
I wish that
every woman keeps repeating the following quotation on a daily basis from
Marcus Annaeus Seneca
"What you think about yourself is much more important than what
others think of you.”
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