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.
@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.
Tyrone Slothrop
mekka okereke 
Benjamin Fry
Tim Bray
pmorelli