TitleFeminized forestry: The promises and pitfalls of change in a masculine organization
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsCoutinho-Sledge, P.
JournalGender, Work & Organization
Volume22
Issue4
Pagination375-389
KeywordsAgriculture and Forestry
Abstract

The discipline of forestry studies has a distinct history of sexism, in which toxic masculinity has led to a number of negative outcomes.  Legal actions regarding discrimination and racism, poor public perceptions, and poor environmental documentation all result from the gendering of forestry as a masculine profession.  Several organizational attempts to confront the issues by increasing the number of women in the field have proven to be largely ineffective.  Coutinho-Sledge endorses the notion of community-based forestry, arguing that professionals in forestry need to include feminine coded ideals and strategies as normative values, and as agents of pragmatic solutions. 

URLhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gwao.12098