Ecofeminism is the combination of ecology and feminism that
seeks to destroy all hierarchy. Before I
read these articles, I thought it might be that but I wasn’t sure. This is my
group’s project so I have more of a connection to it and more information about
it. I choose this group because I am very interested in feminism but I wasn’t
sure how eco- would figure into it. Now I know this section of feminism is
concerned with the hierarchy between humans and nature. It seems nice to want
to keep a balance between the concerns of nature and humans but I don’t think
that often when there are conflict between the needs of human and nature it is
a matter of something’s life or death. If that instance, a human life will
always be valued more and I agree with it.
The article about Vandana Shiva makes me hopeful for the
world. She protects the heritage of her nation by protecting the seeds. A bit
of ecofeminsism brings up the old sterotype that women are more connected than
men to nature. This annoys me but it is nice to have something positive
connected to women. The second article talks about the PMS woman as irrational
and connects that to nature versus culture. I definitely agree with this. The
annoying sterotype of the irrational
woman and valuing nature less than culture is something that resonates with my
views of the world. However, this article values women and nature and overall brings more of an idea of connectedness than I am used to.
