Acharya Prashant explains that for modern, educated women, freedom is no longer a matter of external rights or constitutional provisions, as these are already largely available. Instead, the real bondage is internal, stemming from the deeply ingrained concept of womanness and medieval conditioning. He argues that while society has moved toward gender equality, the psychological identity of being a woman remains primitive. This internal conditioning often compels women to prioritize biological roles and social expectations over their own potential and consciousness. He introduces the concept of gender irrelevance, suggesting that one should look at themselves not as a female body, but as human consciousness. He points out the double burden faced by modern women who are liberated professionals by day but traditional householders by night. True freedom, according to him, is the ability of the consciousness to judge and decide whether to follow biological instincts or social norms, rather than being a slave to them. He concludes that while the body is incidentally female, the center of one's being must be consciousness, which is beyond gender.
