Feminism and the Environment Quiz

Gendered relationships to nature are largely socially constructed, with women often being associated with caring for the environment and concerns about specific environmental issues.

Various gender positionalities encourage or discourage certain relationships to nature and the environment through socially constructed roles and expectations, with women often being associated with caring for the environment and specific environmental issues.

Women face challenges such as 'Hysterical Housewives' narratives being used to silence their voices, and their work and ideas being devalued due to cultural norms and societal attitudes.

Women often hold intern positions and recent hires more than roles of presidents, executive directors, board members, or board chairs, despite being the majority of activists and an 'interested public' for many decades.

Women's relationships to the environment and environmental justice are similar to that of the rest of society in terms of concerns about specific environmental issues and being associated with caring for the environment.

Devaluing women's work and ideas is relatively easy culturally due to societal examples of this problem more generally and the ease of devaluing women's voices and contributions.

The impact is that women are often associated with caring for the environment and specific environmental issues, and are more likely to be concerned about on-the-ground impacts.

Women often hold intern positions and recent hires more than roles of presidents, executive directors, board members, or board chairs, despite their long-standing involvement in environmental movements.

Capitalocentrism is the focus on capital or economic factors as the central or most important aspect of society. Renouncing this idea allows for the recognition of diverse and unique economies beyond the monolithic view of economy as a singular entity.

Standpoint Theory and Situated Knowledges challenge the notion of scientific objectivity by asserting that all knowledge is produced from a specific perspective, and historically, scientific knowledge production has been gendered and marginalized the perspectives of women and other excluded groups.

The study of glaciers exemplifies how feminist approaches inform natural science by revealing that glaciers are not just objective sources of evidence for climate change, but also complex systems with cultural, power, and gendered dimensions. Additionally, it highlights the slow inclusion of women in glaciology and the opportunity to understand glaciers from indigenous and 'folk' perspectives.

Studying glaciers from the perspective of the marginalized, including women, helps understand the different information and conclusions that exist when looking at the world from their point of view. It allows for a more inclusive and diverse understanding of nature and challenges the established norms within glaciology.

The concept of 'glaciology' challenges the traditional view of glaciers as 'just ice' by recognizing them as complex systems with cultural, power, and gendered dimensions, rather than solely objective sources of evidence for climate change. It also highlights the slow inclusion of women in glaciology and the opportunity to understand glaciers from indigenous and 'folk' perspectives.

The text addresses the historical gendered nature of scientific knowledge production by stating that scientific objectivity came from men doing work from their own perspective, marginalizing women's perspectives and excluding them from scientific knowledge production. It emphasizes that all knowledge is produced from a specific perspective, and women's perspectives have been marginalized within science and as alternatives to scientific knowledge production.

The text suggests that glaciers are not only objective sources of evidence for climate change, but also vessels of culture, power, and gendered science. It highlights the historical exclusion of women from glaciology and the opportunity to understand glaciers through indigenous and 'folk' perspectives.

The text proposes to change the understanding of nature through the study of glaciers by advocating for the inclusion of marginalized perspectives, including those of women and indigenous communities. It emphasizes the need to relate to all of nature differently and understand glaciers from diverse cultural and spiritual viewpoints.

Majority of the biggest environmental organizations have male leaders, with only 3 having female leaders

Nearly all organizations attending COP28 are sending male-dominated delegations, with men holding the majority of leadership positions

The COP28 president, world and regional leaders, and national delegation leaders are predominantly male

Majority of large business owners and industrial delegates at COP28 are men

Ecofeminism critiques the exploitation of women and nature by masculinist practices rooted in patriarchy

Original ecofeminist statements from the 70s can be essentialist, assuming a 'natural' order in gender constructs

Ecofeminist thought emphasizes diversity within women categories and nonbinary gender constructions

Black feminist thought emerged in the 1970s and 1980s to critique the whiteness of the feminist movement

Intersectionality highlights unique experiences within social systems due to overlapping social relations, such as race, gender, and class

Social reproduction, including unpaid labor like household work and care work, has historically been assigned to women

Disproportionate responsibility for social reproduction affects women’s lives in various ways, leading to economic losses and invisibility in the labor force