Editing Feminist economics (section)

===Normativity===
Many feminists call attention to value judgments in economic analysis.<ref name="nelson1" /> This idea is contrary to the typical conception of economics as a [[positivism|positive science]] held by many practitioners. For example, Geoff Schneider and [[Jean Shackelford]] suggest that, as in other sciences,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Franklin |first=Sarah |date=1995 |title=Science as Culture, Cultures of Science |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2155934 |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |volume=24 |pages=163–184 |doi=10.1146/annurev.an.24.100195.001115 |jstor=2155934 |issn=0084-6570}}</ref> "the issues that economists choose to study, the kinds of questions they ask, and the type of analysis undertaken all are a product of a belief system which is influenced by numerous factors, some of them ideological in character."<ref name="web" /> Similarly, Diana Strassmann comments, "All economic [[statistics]] are based on an underlying story forming the basis of the definition. In this way, narrative constructions necessarily underlie all definitions of variables and statistics.  Therefore, economic research cannot escape being inherently qualitative, regardless of how it is labeled."<ref name="strassmann">{{cite journal|last=Strassmann|first=Diana|title=Editorial: Expanding the Methodological Boundaries of Economics|journal=Feminist Economics|date=20 January 1997|volume=3|issue=2|pages=vii–ix |doi=10.1080/135457097338771a}}</ref> Feminist economists call attention to the [[value judgement]]s in all aspects economics and criticize its depiction of an objective science.