Ecomasculinity is a complementary field of thought to
ecofeminism
Ecofeminism integrates feminism and political ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyze relationships between humans and the natural world. The term was coined by the French writer Françoise d'Eaubonne in her 1974 ...
. While ecofeminism has traditionally focused on studying issues such as how the
exploitation of women and women's bodies is congruent with the exploitation of nature, ecomasculinity studies men's role in this process and looks for ways to enable men to take on roles that would challenge exploitative thought patterns and practices. As an
academic
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
field, early work on ecomasculinity has been carried on by the likes of
Richard Twine, Paul Pulé, and
Greta Gaard.
References
*Gaard, Greta. “Toward New EcoMasculinities, EcoGenders, and EcoSexualities.” Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth. Eds. Carol J. Adams and Lori Gruen. New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2014: 225–239.
*Pulé, Paul M. A Declaration of Caring: Towards an Ecological Masculinism. 2013, http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/13138/6/03Whole.pdf
*Twine, Richard. “Masculinity, Nature, Ecofeminism.” Ecofeminism Organization Journal, 1997. http://richardtwine.com/ecofem/masc.pdf
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