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.

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@slothrop

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.

@bluejekyll @mekkaokereke I think it has more to do with a cultural love for cars than an actual dependence on them, because almost every disabled person I've talked to that needs them for disability reasons is still alarmed about the environment, and I know a lot of people who depend on cars because the US is built like that but really wish it wasn't so we weren't! On the other hand, the US especially has such a cultural attitude towards cars that *leads* to a lot of us depending on them
@bluejekyll another consideration is that the graph in the post you directly responded to shows that the major differences are race and gender. White people care the least, especially white men. I don't think white men need cars more than others, especially considering every other form of transit is way safer for a white man. Ask an able bodied cis white guy and pretty much anyone else how much they each need a car when it's a 10-15 minute walk at night.