Once upon a time there was a principle that men should work outside and women should work at home, with the change of era these principles have changed and now equal rights are guaranteed to men and women. Nowadays, a woman can compete with men in outdoor activities if she wants to. I have seen many women entrepreneurs who have brought smiles to their families just by their tireless hard work. It is very easy for women to stand on their own feet now because various societies are now standing by women and making women aware of entrepreneurship and other things due to which women are still becoming more aware. Earlier women's education was not given much importance but nowadays women's education is given a lot of importance due to which women are getting enough knowledge about the outside world and using that knowledge they are running various businesses. If the family supports a woman enough, it is very easy for that woman to move forward.
Now even if you're right about this and equality exists and as much as I want to believe this, the prejudice that's rooted from patriarchy is still ingrained in so many men and even some women that it's still not a fair competition when it comes to things like this and even if there's more successful women entrepreneur out there, they're mostly found on stereotypical industry like skincare, women's health, make-ups and cosmetics and fashion not to mention that some of the giants in the mentioned industries have men as founders (can't be sure about that), there's not a lot of women that's on CEO positions in tech, finances, and many other male dominated industries.
As a result of the difficult economic times, do you consider that there will be more women entrepreneurs competing with men in this field which it so looks like they currently dominate?
Depends on what industry you are talking about, as much as I don't want to sound misogynistic, there are specific industries that women entrepreneur are more likely to be successful given that they know more about this industry than most men. So, the answer to your question would be that it depends on which industry it would be because I believe that each gender has their strengths and weaknesses and that factor is a helpful thing to determine who will be more successful or if they will be successful.