Structural homologies of gendered inequality across interdependent fields of startup and venture capital: A Bourdieusian approach
基于对特拉维夫31位女性创业者和女性风险投资人的访谈，研究发现性别不平等通过跨领域的惯习和符号暴力结构同源性得以维持，女性在反惯习与策略性适应之间摇摆。
Entrepreneurship is often portrayed as meritocratic, yet it often reproduces existing societal inequalities. Prior research shows that gendered inequality persists in access to resources and opportunities, but offers less clarity on how this inequality is sustained. Building on Bourdieu’s field perspective, we investigate structural homologies of gendered inequality across interdependent fields of startup and venture capital. Drawing on 31 interviews with women entrepreneurs and women venture capital funders in Tel Aviv, we identify two interlinked dynamics. First, gendered power operates through structural homologies of cross-field narratives of gendered habitus and symbolic violence. Second, women experience gendered inequality through ambivalence between counter-habitus and tactical accommodation. These findings contribute to the application of the Bourdieusian approach within entrepreneurship research.