Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of low female labor participation in India by examining the underlying societal value system. He posits that one cannot expect women to be productive in the workforce when society has primarily defined their value through domestic roles, such as maintaining the home and raising children. When a woman's worth, both economic and psychological, is assessed based on her performance as a homemaker and mother, she is left with little incentive to pursue an external career. Society reinforces this by offering respect and praise for these domestic contributions, making it the accepted measure of her success. The speaker highlights a counter-intuitive trend where, despite increasing liberalization and educational opportunities, the Female Labor Participation Rate (FLPR) in India has steeply dropped. He notes that even highly qualified women from premier institutions like IITs and IIMs often decide to stay at home after a certain point. This choice is frequently a mutual decision with their husbands, based on the rationale that if the husband earns enough, the wife's employment is unnecessary. The comfort of home, especially when financially secure, becomes a powerful attraction, leading women to forgo their professional careers. Acharya Prashant identifies the root of this phenomenon in the natural human tendency (Prakritik tendency) towards comfort, which is amplified by a dominant culture of consumerism. This philosophy, propagated through media and societal narratives, suggests that the ultimate purpose of life is relaxation and consumption. He critiques this as a poisonous narrative of capitalistic consumerism, where the goal is to consume limitlessly with minimal effort. This mindset, he clarifies, is not exclusive to women; anyone would be tempted to abandon work for a life of effortless comfort. He concludes that a life of dependency and consumption is a form of "hell," devoid of a higher purpose and true liberation. Financial independence is presented as a prerequisite for freedom. The speaker dismisses disinterest in one's job as a poor excuse for leaving the workforce. Instead, he asserts that the responsible action is to find or create meaningful work. He describes the act of trading one's life and body for financial security as a despicable situation. To truly change this, the fundamental philosophy of life must shift from consumption to liberation.