Title | Feminized forestry: The promises and pitfalls of change in a masculine organization |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Coutinho-Sledge, P. |
Journal | Gender, Work & Organization |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 375-389 |
Keywords | Agriculture 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. |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gwao.12098 |