A representatividade feminina no movimento ambientalista

Abstract

Accumulated anthropic action has caused negative impacts on the planet, but men and women are not repairing the damage to the same extent that it was caused. Because of this, the present work sought to analyze female representativeness in the environmental movement, seeking to understand the relationships between men and women within the habitat cause, relating their current behaviors to factual social constructions within different contexts, and understanding how relations took place in space. To configure the social structures and standards that we see today, therefore, a vast bibliographical review on the subject using various sources such as books, articles, publications, periodicals, websites, among others, and for the construction of the practical part, interviews were conducted with environmental activists from different profiles and social contexts in the city of São Luís in the state of Maranhão, to collect their reports and experiences within the theme to enrich the proposed discussion. The results of theoretical and practical research reveal a worrying situation in which power relations in space have led to scenarios in which women have greater socio-environmental responsibility to the detriment of men's participation. Thus, it is clear how the theoretical segment reaffirmed by the empirical work of the interviews presents us with a question for reflection, women have been ahead of men in the environmental struggle while there is generalized degradation, and this need to be debated as soon as possible, to try to mitigate the resulting of non-positive effects