Acharya Prashant addresses a woman's question about how to perceive religion, which she has found to be associated with patriarchy and misogyny. He begins by stating that the relationship between women and religion has been mostly tragic. He explains that on one hand, core spirituality, or true religion, is a woman's best friend because it helps her become liberated from all that oppresses her. It teaches her that her primary identity is not her body and that no price is too big to be paid for liberation. True religion, through self-knowledge and Vedanta, tells a woman that body identification is the root cause of all suffering. It helps her take her physical self and mental conditioning lightly, which is essential for freedom, as a woman can only be enslaved as long as she is body-identified and socially conditioned. On the other hand, the speaker explains that what is commonly practiced as religion has historically been on the side of the oppressors of women. This false, contaminated religion becomes a tool for exploitation. It is this corrupted religion that sanctions negative attitudes towards women, such as the idea that they must always be dependent. These ideas are often justified through so-called religious books. The speaker points out the tragic irony that women themselves are often the biggest supporters of this false religion and its superstitions, even though they are its primary victims. He likens this to the Stockholm syndrome, where the oppressed falls in love with their oppressor. The woman becomes accustomed to the "safe nest" of patriarchy, which is actually a cage, and fears the challenges of freedom. Acharya Prashant further elaborates that there are two kinds of religion: one that uplifts women, which is Vedanta, and another that oppresses them, which is the prevalent cultural religion. He notes that when Vedanta shines, one of its effects is the emancipation and empowerment of women. However, this path requires courage, as it involves facing abuses and hardships from society. He contrasts this with superficial, liberal ideas of liberation, which he calls childish tactics to avoid real liberation. He advises the questioner to learn to be disrespectful towards fools and not to mind their opinions. He emphasizes that one must know the relative value of things and not give priority to valueless things over liberation. In response to a follow-up question about social pressure, the speaker reiterates that one must not allow their environment to dictate their standards. He advises a father to raise his daughter's standards by introducing her to great female role models from history, such as Marie Curie, Sarojini Naidu, and Mahadevi Verma. By being exposed to such greatness, she will become disdainful of the mediocre and superficial ideals prevalent in society. He concludes by stating that true religion, which is spirituality and self-knowledge, is a woman's real well-wisher and the only path to her true potential and liberation.