ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the extent of masculinist entrenchment and resilience against feminine intrusion in two arenas: the military and climate change science and policy. Thomas Hylland Eriksen rightly notes that there are some national moments, such as times of war and conflict, in which masculinism reigns more supreme than others, such as times of peace and prosperity. He agrees that throughout the world “a peculiar form of masculinity grows out of nationalism, one which celebrates violence and sacrifice, heterosexual conquest and the protection of women and children by external force”. The entry of women into areas traditionally reserved for men is one way to imagine a means by which masculinism might be unseated from its place at the head of the table. Masculinist climate science dominates the policy arena because climate policy depends on climate science for its legitimacy and priorities.
