SOC 0851 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Ecofeminism, Femininity, Masculinity
31 May 2018
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o Gender and development focuses the development
conversation on gender relations and an analysis of the roles
and responsibilities assigned to both women and men
o GAD challenges us to reexamine and challenge existing political,
social, and economic structures
o GAD as a theory and practical approach suggests that maybe the
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the workings of the global economic system itself
o Scholars and development professionals have begun to consider
the role of men and masculinities in development projects
▪ Iportae of e takig “resposiilit for their seual
and reproductive behavior and their social and family roles
▪ Men benefit from not being forced to worry about the
consequences of their sexual behavior
o In order to be successful, development programs must involve
men in their efforts at social change
• Ecofeminism and the Environment
o Set of theories originated from tensions similar to those
discussed in development
o Many women involved in the environmental movement felt
gender was an important concern that was not being given a
sufficient amount of attention
o The relationship between women and nature sometimes served
as an important explanatory tool for theories of male
domination, but other theories suggested a unique structure to
feiie persoalit that ade oe’s relatioship to ature
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o Patriarchy, as an expression of masculinity, reinforces a dualistic
sense of nature as opposed to culture. This means nature and
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