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Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism

deep ecologists, the solution is to be found in, literally, putting the earth first, that is, putting the needs of the planet, if necessary, above the needs of human beings.

The basis of the ecofeminist movement is that the destruction of the natural environment in the name of profit is an inevitable result of the male-dominated civilization in place for centuries. Ferry writes that from the ecofeminist perspective,

deep ecologists make the mistake of fighting "anthropocentrism in general." What is in question is not the western world's "human centeredness" but its "male-centeredness." A truly "deep" ecology should

. . . take into consideration the only truly relevant question: How can the ties uniting the domination of women and that of nature by males be described (Ferry 117).

In other words, men have been running roughshod over women throughout the history of Western civilization, and male domination, despoliation and destruction of the environment is on the continuum of such abuse. The earth is a representation of the female spirit in

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