It's just like sticking the character for "female" in front of the word "writer," or "student," or "bookstore" --it doesn't necessarily imply any special significance.
女人的處境，並不因為認知自己是女人就能有所改變，就像一位作家、一個學生、一家書店，並不因為前面加上一個「女」字，就能產生什麼特殊的意義。