Francis Bacon called for scientific control over nature to exploit it.
Patriarchal masculinities pervade politics and action surrounding climate crisis and capitalist extraction.
We need to consider what might be driving us recklessly over the edge in the environmental crisis.
Patriarchy is a political-social system that insists on male dominance.
The structural and cultural system of gender leads us down the path of environmental destruction.
Anyone, not just cisgender men, can be wedded to patriarchal thinking and action.
Under our patriarchal system, there is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be, called hegemonic masculinity.
Traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to “be a man” under patriarchy.
The video explores the role of patriarchal masculinities in driving the planet to the brink of extinction. The video traces the concept of patriarchy to Francis Bacon’s call for scientific control of nature and highlights how patriarchal thinking has pervaded climate crisis politics and action. The video argues that a structural and cultural system of gender is leading us down the path of environmental destruction, a system that these men buy into, and a system through which they maintain their power. The video also explains the concept of hegemonic masculinity, which is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be, and how traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to “be a man” under patriarchy. The video concludes by discussing how we might forge a world beyond the obstacles of gender.
Bullet Summary:
Patriarchal masculinities drive the planet to the brink of extinction
Francis Bacon’s call for scientific control of nature foreshadowed patriarchal thinking
A structural and cultural system of gender leads us down the path of environmental destruction
Hegemonic masculinity is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be
Traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to “be a man” under patriarchy
We need to forge a world beyond the obstacles of gender.
Summery for those interested:
The video explores the role of patriarchal masculinities in driving the planet to the brink of extinction. The video traces the concept of patriarchy to Francis Bacon’s call for scientific control of nature and highlights how patriarchal thinking has pervaded climate crisis politics and action. The video argues that a structural and cultural system of gender is leading us down the path of environmental destruction, a system that these men buy into, and a system through which they maintain their power. The video also explains the concept of hegemonic masculinity, which is a prevailing vision of what manhood should be, and how traits like overconfidence, dominance, aloneness, disconnection, anger, and strength are core to what it means to “be a man” under patriarchy. The video concludes by discussing how we might forge a world beyond the obstacles of gender.
Bullet Summary:
I haven’t taken the time to watch the video, so YMMV with this auto-generated summery.
I’m also not going to comment on the contents of the video before having watched it to avoid any foot in mouth moments.