why are bangladeshi women not more prominent in politics despite having two women leaders in fact male control of both the public and private spheres hinders womens political participation in the public sphere women have to contend with mastan culture mastan culture refers to the killers extortionists looters and perpetrators of violent crimes who operate under the supervision of socalled godfathers rashiduzzaman and availability of illegal arms accessibility to black market money and fear of sexual harassment chowdhury in the cabinet has six women lead important ministries including defence foreign affairs energy agriculture labour and employment