Climate change is a 'feminist' issue, claims MEP

Submitted by Broadsword on Sat, 2012-04-21 14:36

Article here. Excerpt:

'Members of the European Parliament will vote today on a report by a French Green party MEP who claims global warming “is not gender neutral”.

Nicole Kiil-Nielsen said women “consume more sustainably than men and show greater willingness to act to preserve the environment” as they tend to organise household consumption and childcare. She argued climate change policies needed to take gender discrimination into account, especially in the developing world.
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Miss Kiil-Nielsen’s report - Women and Climate Change - calls for a 40 per cent female quota on all EU delegations involved in climate negotiations and on the committees that allocate climate aid from member states.

It also suggests the creation of new EU-funded initiatives to help women’s groups get involved in climate policies, and for the EU to start gathering data on the “gender sensitive” effects of climate change on women.'

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feminine products (tampax, tampons, tissues, spays, nail polish, toilet tissues, eye shadow, mascara, make up, deodorants, feminine deodorant sprays, women's magazines, etc, etc, etc,)

take far more resources and chemicals than typical male products.
you add it all up and women are actually driving climate change.

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Submitted by oregon dad on Sun, 2012-04-22 16:45

BC pills apparently release large amounts of estrogen into the water, which do affect fish and, perhaps, men. It's one explanation offered for lower sperm counts among men.

It would be interesting to do an environmental impact study on the pill and the other products you mention. Disposable diapers are another issue; they'll be around long after the baby has grown old and died.

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Submitted by el cid on Sun, 2012-04-22 19:09

The estrogen so many environmentalists are speaking of are from plastics (breaks down into an estrogen like molecule).

The Catholic church jumped to conclusions and thought the estrogen was from BC pills and several years ago they ran an article in a Catholic newspaper about how BC pills are ruining the environment.

But here is info on the real concern:

http://www.heartspring.net/plastic_xeno_estrogen.html

http://www.shocswindon.org/articles/plastics_14.html

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Submitted by Kris on Sun, 2012-04-22 20:42