A Feminist Ethic That Binds us to Mother Earth

Ethics and the Environment 20 (2):83-103 (2015)
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Abstract

What we call natural and what we call human are inseparable. We live one life. Why is Earth supposedly a mother? Cuomo suggested a historic association with the connection of woman and Earth as “providers of life, sustenance, and creativity.” Norgaard wrote that there is a “connection between women’s fertility and the fertility of the land.” Women are oriented toward relationships and interdependence whereas men approach problems with principles, reasoning, and judgments. Are these generalizations? Undoubtedly, yes. Yet it is sometimes helpful to start with the general and then fuse new meanings and perspectives from such traditional beliefs. I believe the way forward..

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