In “Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire” (2018), Cara Daggett explains why, with white men, #climate denial and #misogyny so often go together.
She makes a powerful argument that the patriarchal power structures in our society are deeply entwined with our fossil-fuel based economy.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305829818775817
This is a well written and thoughtful article, that touches on a key point that other articles like this miss: It points out that "masculinity" as defined here, means "white masculinity,"
Non-white men are *more* likely to be alarmed about climate change than white women. 🙂🙃
In fact, non-white boomers and silent generation, are more concerned about climate change than white Gen-Z women. 🤦🏿♂️
So the primary driver of this climate denial is unlikely to be masculinity in general.
@mekkaokereke I’ve become more convinced that there is a stronger correlation between climate denialism or indifference and someone’s dependence or perceived dependence on cars.
So many people believe they need cars, that no matter the threat of climate issues that stem from them, they will fight for more parking, wider highways, faster speed limits.
#carculture has ruined our planet.
@timbray @bluejekyll hard agree with Tim. Convincing governments to stop subsidizing fossil fuels (in whatever form) is one of the things that's going to move the needle.
Convincing people to be "inconvenienced" is a non starter and we already know how to generate enough electricity without fossil fuels.
We can have the future we want from a position of abundance, not scarcity (a la _Electrify_ by Saul Griffith).
@davemangot @timbray it sounds like you might be suggesting that EVs are the path to the future. And if that’s via bikes, maybe. But in terms of cars it will be 15 years or more before we make a significant dent in ICE vehicles, which is why we need to move away from cars urgently.
100% agree that fuel needs to be priced at its real cost to society.
@bluejekyll @timbray the 3 biggest choices you can make are:
* transportation
* heating
* cooking
It will be never years before we convince enough people to give something up to save the planet. Scarcity is not a winning hand.
Thankfully electric motors are just better. EVs are just one piece of the puzzle. When I cook away from my induction, gas feels positively archaic. #stopburningstuff
The other big levers are not personal choices for better or for worse.
@pmorelli @timbray as someone who bikes around SF (without an assist) for 19 years with and without kids on the back, I gotta say SF has never been safer for cycling than it is today. All the slow street improvements are amazing as well.
That said, there are huge areas that can still be better. This is partly what I’m pointing out, a lot of people fight these improvements in their cities and then folks won’t choose to ride because it feels unsafe to do so.
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