No. 14 (2014): Femmes et écologie

Coordinated by Delphine Masset and Éric Hitier.

The links between women and ecology are many: they extend from the essentialist notion of a feminine “nature”, that would apply to both care and ecology, to the contradiction of this notion. Is ecology then a springboard for women – does it announce a new era of taking responsibility and crystallization around so-called feminine “values” – or is it a travesty, a threat of incapacitation? Is a “naturalization” of the social phenomenon that is feminine gender to be feared? Or should we distance ourselves from this dichotomy and use this “feminine” concept to engage with change possibilities. Without providing a definitive answer, the contributions of this issue offer their perspective on the link between women and ecology.