Masculinity in the Anthropocene: When climate change intersects with gender and violence
The climate crisis has numerous connections with violence. Its consequences, such as increasing natural disasters, often appear to be exacerbating different forms of violence. Global heating can itself be seen as a form of violence, by human societies against the planet. These processes are substantially shaped by gender as well as other structures of power, not least in that men and masculinities are playing a disproportionate role in contributing to them. There are also potentially lessons to be learnt from violence prevention work which can be applied to tackling the climate crisis, and vice versa – such as how to reduce the influence of gendered expectations to open up possibilities for more peaceful ways of being. This webinar will discuss an ongoing research project exploring these interconnections, and consider how to engage men and boys in shifting their relationships with the environment as part of efforts to address global heating.