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"It is a surprising report that Ms Yannakoudakis has drafted on a subject about which the report itself says that practically nothing is known, due to the dearth of relevant statistics and studies. As a result, the report plays into stereotypes. It says that the apparent ‘under-representation’ of women at the helm of SMEs could only be due, primarily, to the existence of discriminatory practices or persistent ‘societal’ stereotypes from which women themselves are said to suffer. Ms Yannakoudakis’s main proposal, therefore, is to introduce specific, preferential measures to help women manage their businesses. One navigates between nannying and positive discrimination, that counterproductive policy that casts a permanent doubt over the true abilities and talents of the people whom it is supposed to benefit. When will quotas and the obligation to set up a business be introduced for all women? Ms Yannakoudakis could have concentrated on the real, objective reasons that make women hesitate about taking the plunge and starting up a business. There are enough of them, starting with the difficulties in balancing this very time-consuming activity and their family life. She could have also focused on the social and financial recognition of housewives and ‘assisting’ spouses, real jobs that are seldom remunerated. She chose pseudo-feminist dogmatism instead."@en1
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