Acharya Prashant addresses the notion that women are inherently centered on family and children due to biology. He challenges this by asking if a woman is merely a function of her body or also a product of her education, inherited belief systems, and social conditioning. He agrees that while sex is biological, gender is a social construct created through a complex process of gendering. He emphasizes that the compulsive need to keep the family at the center of life is a result of collective ignorance and social training rather than an absolute biological necessity. He argues that human beings should not be driven purely by animalistic instincts of survival and reproduction. The discussion moves to the values associated with each gender. Acharya Prashant identifies womanly values like emotionality and nesting, and manly values like ambition and aggression. He argues that neither set of values leads to liberation because both arise from a state of bondage. He suggests that both men and women are equal partners in their slavery, each viewing their own form of bondage as superior. To achieve true freedom, one must transcend these gendered personas. He calls for de-gendering, where individuals are liberated from the social and biological values that define them as man or woman. Acharya Prashant introduces a third set of values that are gender-independent, such as truth and compassion. He explains that truth is the only real beauty, far surpassing physical attractiveness or gendered traits. He also clarifies the concept of Ardhanārīshvara, stating it is not a literal fusion of a man and a woman. Instead, in spiritual philosophy, everything that exists is considered feminine, and the formless consciousness at its heart is Shri Shiva. He concludes by explaining that Purush refers to consciousness, not the male gender, and that spiritually, all embodied beings are feminine until their consciousness is liberated.