The Relationship Between Women of Third World Countries and the Environment, the Overlap of Oppression and the Role Ecofeminism is Playing
Location
CSU 204
Start Date
28-4-2009 9:00 AM
End Date
28-4-2009 11:00 AM
Student's Major
Gender and Women's Studies
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Helen Crump
Mentor's Department
Gender and Women's Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Ecofeminism is a feminist approach to environmental ethics. Ecofeminists see the oppression of women and the domination of nature as related; as a movement, ecofeminist theorists use a framework that confronts issues of gender, race, class, and nature. Researching the relationship between the oppression of women in third world countries and the oppression of nature identified an overlap in problems associated with these two marginalized groups. I reviewed several journals and critical articles that compared this relationship, along with personal reviews of other researchers who had developed opinions based on their own research of this topic. To battle the oppression of one, we must battle the oppression of the other. Thus, eliminating one type of oppression could eliminate both.
The Relationship Between Women of Third World Countries and the Environment, the Overlap of Oppression and the Role Ecofeminism is Playing
CSU 204
Ecofeminism is a feminist approach to environmental ethics. Ecofeminists see the oppression of women and the domination of nature as related; as a movement, ecofeminist theorists use a framework that confronts issues of gender, race, class, and nature. Researching the relationship between the oppression of women in third world countries and the oppression of nature identified an overlap in problems associated with these two marginalized groups. I reviewed several journals and critical articles that compared this relationship, along with personal reviews of other researchers who had developed opinions based on their own research of this topic. To battle the oppression of one, we must battle the oppression of the other. Thus, eliminating one type of oppression could eliminate both.
Recommended Citation
Kjolsing, Melissa. "The Relationship Between Women of Third World Countries and the Environment, the Overlap of Oppression and the Role Ecofeminism is Playing." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 28, 2009.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2009/oral-session-12/2
