Ecomasculinity is a complementary field of thought to

ecofeminism Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism and political ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans and the natural world. The term was coined by the French writer Françoise d'Eaubonne in h ...

. While ecofeminism has traditionally focused on studying issues such as how the

exploitation of women Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities. This includes forced labor, reducing a person to a ...

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 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 Masculinity Environmentalism Ecofeminism {{men-stub