One size does not fit all: Conceptual concerns and moral imperatives surrounding gender-inclusive financial literacy education

Abstract

In the wake of the 2008 global economic crisis, financial literacy education received increased political attention worldwide as an important policy solution to achieve a variety of ends. Cloaked in the neoliberal language of value-neutrality, financial literacy education takes on a genderblind character, presuming a level playing field. Through its naivety, financial literacy education perpetuates the false impression that men and women experience economic participation, decisions and outcomes in the same ways. This article explores how attention to gender justice is an important moral obligation if we are to achieve inclusive financial literacy education and recommends feminist pedagogies to counter dominant and uncritical approaches to financial literacy in classrooms.