Azman,
My opinion regarding your question...
No, woman are not belittled by having "eco" first. When discussing
ecofeminist issues, the emphasis is the environment. The "feminism"
attached to it implies ecological issues significant to womyn and through
the womyn's perspective. And on a less important note, "ecofeminism"
sounds better than "feminismeco"
Patricia
On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, AZMAN ATAN wrote:
> With regards to the questions raised by Mark Peterson, I will
> like to forward another question that pertains to the use of the
> phrase 'ecofeminism'. Is the phrase 'eco' before 'feminism' imply the
> continued silencing of the importance of women's concerns and
> priorities? Does it also in a way serves to diminish feminism in
> terms of maintaining the dual aspect of man/nature and woman/culture.
> In other words, should the phrase 'feminism' comes first before other
> phrase such as 'eco'? Part of the reason I raise the question is
> because reality through the use of language is gender biased. As a
> result, only appropriate values as defined by men are transmitted and
> entrenched in presenting as the real issues.
