Sexism on a panel (?)

I am tired of being called at events to speak because I am a woman and also somewhat an entrepreneur, answering the same cliched questions. 

In panel discussions dedicated to a certain niche subject, while everyone else is asked about their learnings, failures, techniques and successes, by the time mic comes to me, the questions change to how did I become an entrepreneur despite being a woman. (WTF?) All the research and preparation I do to articulate what I have learnt about that particular topic gets wasted when the moderator only badgers me with questions about sexism and glass ceiling. While I would re-iterate that sexism and glass ceiling in startup ecosystem exists as badly as it does in other professions, I would like to be asked more than that.

Since most of the invites & recommendations I have received are on/from social media, if you are reading this, here are three things I want to say:

1. If you are running out of gender diversity on your panel, do not invite me.

2. If you think I would have no other information, opinion or value to add to the discussion apart from that of being a ‘woman entrepreneur’, considering am fairly new and amateur to business, do not invite me.

3. I would love to talk about sexism in the startup ecosystem and outside because I believe that we can make the space safer and more inclusive only if we are ready to have uncomfortable conversations. However, if the panel topic is about ‘Opportunities in the creative industry’, I would like my opinions to be heard on that.