Jacob Dearing
September 2nd, 2015
Critical abstract #3
Article author: Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, and Esther Wangari
Article title: Gender and the Environment
This article describes the natural and nurtured connection between an individual’s gender and the role that is played within their environment. This view is described by analyzing the increasing interest in environmental relations and the “rapid restructuring” of gender roles in a contemporary world. The root to this view is interpretation, from the separate gender roles, to experiences in these roles as they, “vary by culture, class, race, and place and are subject to individual and social change.” From here the authors describe, “the five major schools of feminist scholarship and activism on the environment: ecofeminist, feminist environmentalist, socialist feminist, feminist poststructuralists, and environmentalists. After listing of these five social organizations detailed analysis is provided as to how they separately approach environmental relations. The mistreatment towards these groups as they engage in the sciences is related in the article and bares a resemblance to the abuse suffered by the environment itself. The focus on gender and its influence on environmental relations in this article is detailed and provides substantial evidence in the way the scientific community does and should treat this perspective.