ABSTRACT
Ecofeminism sees an interconnection between the domination of women and the domination of nature. This interconnection is made on two levels: ideological cultural and socio-economic. On the ideological cultural level women are said to be closer to nature than men. On the socio-economic level, women are located in the spheres of reproduction, child rising, food preparation, spinning and weaving, cleaning of clothes and houses that are devalued in relation to the public sphere of male power and culture. This commonality of ecofeminist ideas across these different contexts and cultures reflects a shared grappling with deep conflicts, struggles and changes of consciousness that are happening worldwide. The destructive impact of a pattern of dominology, rooted in top-down epistemology and a concept of the self and its relation to other humans and nature, is widely seen as the root of the evils of sexism, racism and imperialism, with its ongoing expressions in neo-colonial exploitation of third world societies and their natural resources.
