GGRB21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ecofeminism, Old-Growth Forest, Social Constructivism
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Understanding gender: starting points: essentialist position. The meaning and contours of gender are defined by biology and are timeless and unchanging characteristics. Tends to be a conservative position: social constructivist position. Gender identifies and divisions of labour are fabricated and made through a range of discourses and material social relations. Relations of power are to be understood, subverted and transformed. These different types of representations can be culturally specific but illustrate that one kind of blends into how landscapes and environment become gendered into different ways: 2 different types of ecofeminism: Women have a closer connection to nature and the environment because of their biological reproductive activities. Women are closer to nature and therefore are key stewards of natural environment. Rejection of some so-called biological connection to nature. Says that oppression of nature and women emerges from capitalist patriarchy. Capitalist relations of production exploit both women and resources.
