98). Tickner understands that men and women have been socialized to view "nurturing" as strictly a "feminine trait" and the "dominance of nature as masculine" -- and that the scientific tradition views nature as "something to be conquered and subjugated" (McNamara, p. 552). Moreover, Tickner believes that care for the global environment must be seen as a "common human value" that men and women can and should respect; also, she asserts that environmental security goals cannot possibly be reached "as long as scholars and policy makers continue to divide the world according to gender stereotypes…" (McNamara, p. 552). In Mary Mellor's book, Feminism & Ecology, the author believes that it is essential for ecofeminists to critique "patriarchy" because women have "disproportionally born the brunt of environmental destruction" (Urbanik, 2001, p. 116). Still, "…getting the relations between humans right will not resolve the ecological imbalance because the source of much of the conflict between humans is the unacknowledged problem of immanence" (Mellor, 1997, p. 183).

My thesis is designed to prove the linkage between the oppression of women and the destruction of the natural environment,...

Within that context, I will provide analysis of the socialist feminists objections to ecofeminism's tendency to essentialize women and naturalize their reproductive and domestic roles" (Tickner, p. 98). In addition, other scholarship -- including a wealth of pertinent viewpoints in Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experiences (Rocheleau, et al., 1996) -- will back up and provide perspective for my assertions.
Works Cited

McNamara, Kathleen R., 1993, 'Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security', Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 46, No. 2, 547-553.

Mellor, Mary, 1997, Feminism & Ecology. New York University Press, New York.

Rocheleau, Dianne E., Thomas-Slayter, Barbara P., and Wangari, Esther. 1996, Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experience, Routledge, New York.

Tickner, J. Ann, 1992, Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security, Columbia University Press,…