What do a slab of red meat, a gas-guzzling muscle car and a lumberjack slashing down a tree all have in common? They’re all typical images of manliness that contribute to environmental destruction.
Science knows that fossil fuels, livestock farming and farming-related deforestation are leading causes of climate change. But for men, taking action against these activities is often seen as “unmanly.”
Why do I care about this? As a social media climate activist, I always like to know more about my followers. I found that the majority of my followers were female, 83% and 17% males. I thought it made sense, because of feminism and the fact the women are disproportionately hurt more by climate than men. But there was something deeper than that, and the reasoning why most climate activists are more female.
Read the Medium story Iris Zhan - “Toxic masculinity: the unseen killer of the planet.”
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