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Ecological Feminism and Ecosystem Ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Karen J. Warren  and
Jim Cheney
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Abstract

Ecological feminism is a feminism which attempts to unite the demands of the women's movement with those of the ecological movement. Ecofeminists often appeal to “ecology” in support of their claims, particularly claims about the importance of feminism to environmentalism. What is missing from the literature is any sustained attempt to show respects in which ecological feminism and the science of ecology are engaged in complementary, mutually supportive projects. In this paper we attempt to do that by showing ten important similarities which establish the need for and benefits of on-going dialogue between ecofeminists and ecosystem ecologists.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 6 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Ecological Feminism , Spring 1991 , pp. 179 - 197
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Copyright © 1991 by Hypatia, Inc.

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Footnotes

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We gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments received on an earlier draft of this paper from Roxanne Gudeman, Donna Haraway, Sandra Harding, Alison M. Jaggar, Ruthanne Kurth-Schai, Toby McAdams, Michal McCall, Lindsay Powers, Truman Schwartz, Geoff Sutton, Nancy Tuana, Leslie Vaughn, Anthony Weston, and Cathy Zabinski.

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