Presentation Type
Poster
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Andrew Terranova, Psychology
Major
Psychology
Presentation Abstract
Ecofeminism is the environmental philosophy that finds an association between nature and the female gender in society. Using correlational design, in the current study the associations between gender and nature terms and gender and occupations were examined in 106 college aged students (Mage = 19 years, 4 months, 10% male, 89% female, 79% White). Using a word association test created for the use in the current study, participants reported their association between nature terms, human-made terms, and occupations using a 11-response scale ranging from 0= "Little to no association" (low masculinity, low femininity) to 10= "Masculine" or "Feminine." Findings indicated that nature terms had a higher association to femininity than masculinity. These findings support the environmental theory of ecofeminism, providing much needed research to this field of study. More research, however, is needed in order to add validity to scientific claims of the theory, as this area is not yet heavily studied.
Start Date
11-4-2023 10:00 AM
End Date
11-4-2023 12:00 PM
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Murray, Caroline, "Ecofeminism: Gender and Word Associations" (2023). Undergraduate Research Competition. 17.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2023/fullconference/17
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Ecofeminism: Gender and Word Associations
Ecofeminism is the environmental philosophy that finds an association between nature and the female gender in society. Using correlational design, in the current study the associations between gender and nature terms and gender and occupations were examined in 106 college aged students (Mage = 19 years, 4 months, 10% male, 89% female, 79% White). Using a word association test created for the use in the current study, participants reported their association between nature terms, human-made terms, and occupations using a 11-response scale ranging from 0= "Little to no association" (low masculinity, low femininity) to 10= "Masculine" or "Feminine." Findings indicated that nature terms had a higher association to femininity than masculinity. These findings support the environmental theory of ecofeminism, providing much needed research to this field of study. More research, however, is needed in order to add validity to scientific claims of the theory, as this area is not yet heavily studied.