The Separative Self: Androcentric Bias in Neoclassical Assumptions
Author(s)
England, Paula
Abstract
Neoclassical economic theory rests on explicit assumptions about individual consumer behavior and on implicit assumptions about the nature of families as economic units. This selection examines the androcentric (male-centered) biases in both the explicit and implicit assumptions of the neoclassical model and suggests ways in which a feminist theory of economic behavior would differ from the standard approach.
