In this article, we argue that entrepreneurship is a socio-spatial embedded activity and that the social construction of gender, time, space, economy and culture is manifest in the masculinities that are ascribed a normative role in entrepreneurship development policies. Drawing on feminist approaches to articulate and perform resistance to the hegemonic ‘masculinist’ discourses on entrepreneurship, we argue that women’s entrepreneurship is contextually embedded in institutional and social structures that both limit and provide opportunities for its enactment. Regional economic development policy has focused, inter alia, on stimulating and supporting women’s entrepreneurship through the establishment of women-only entrepreneurial networks to provide support, role models and access to resources. Grounded in feminist geography and based on a detailed qualitative study of network managers and members of formally established women-only networks, we provide evidence of the disconnect between the emancipatory intent and the actual impact of these initiatives. While these networks aim to empower and encourage women into entrepreneurship, in practice, they perpetuate women’s marginalisation and ghettoisation in gendered niches.

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妇女的创业精神成为性别利基市场：对区域发展政策的影响

在本文中，我们认为企业家精神是一种社会空间嵌入的活动，性别，时间，空间，经济和文化的社会建设体现在归因于企业家精神发展政策中的规范作用的男性气质中。借助女权主义的方法来阐明和执行对霸权主义的关于“男性主义”的企业家精神的论述，我们认为妇女的企业家精神在上下文中嵌入了制度和社会结构中，既限制了立法的实施又为其提供了机会。区域经济发展政策的重点，尤其是通过建立仅限女性的创业网络以提供支持，榜样和获取资源的方式来刺激和支持女性创业。基于女性主义地理学，并基于对网络管理者和正式建立的仅限女性的网络成员的详细定性研究，我们提供了解放意图与这些举措的实际影响之间脱节的证据。这些网络旨在增强妇女的权能并鼓励她们创业，但实际上却使妇女在性别平等领域的边缘化和贫民窟化长期存在。