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Question: Gender and entrepreneurship: past achievements and future possibilities

Answer: The purpose of this short commentary reflects upon how feminist theory might be used to advance the contemporary gendered critique of women’s entrepreneurship. Drawing from gender theory, a diverse and complex critique has arisen to challenge the discriminatory discourse of entrepreneurship that fundamentally disadvantages women. To progress debate, the author suggests that greater attention should be afforded to feminist theories as explanatory analyses for such subordination and particularly to challenge contemporary postfeminist ideas which fuel a false promise of entrepreneurship for women

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(Source: Emerald Insight, 19 Mar 2020)

Source Link: https://onlinedatabase.librarynet.com.my:2579/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJGE-05-2019-0090/full/html