Ecofeminism: Intersecting Environmental Degradation and Gender-Based Oppression Introduction Ecofeminism, emerging in the 1970s, represents a critical strand of feminist political theory that foregrounds the intersection between ecological destruction and gender-based subjugation. It is grounded in the belief that the domination of women and the exploitation of nature are not only analogous but mutually reinforcing, rooted … Continue reading How does ecofeminism conceptualize the intersection of environmental degradation and gender-based oppression, and in what ways does it offer a critique of dominant patriarchal and capitalist paradigms in both ecological and political discourses?