Experts say the “eco gender gap” is alive and well in California, with complex causes and far-reaching implications.
When a team of students from Pasadena’s Polytechnic School set out to drive from Texas to Palmdale in a
“Also, most of the elected officials leading on climate policy in OC identify as female,” Craciun said. “Compared to men, women are more likely to express greater concern about climate change, believe more strongly that climate change is happening, hold more objective knowledge about climate change and report greater perceptions of vulnerability to climate change,” researchers from Pomona College and other institutes wrote in aThese gaps become most pronounced when looking at views on specific climate risks and their effects on local communities.
While Blakespear noted there are lots of men doing important work in the climate space, she also said she’s encountered more men than women who are climate deniers. Data confirms that observation, with men in the PPIC poll, for example, more likely to say that climate change isn’t affecting their communities at all and never will.
University of California, Riverside Professor Jade Sasser teaches a course on gender and climate change at UCR and has a related book coming out early next year in Riverside on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. © 2023, The Press-Enterprise/SCNGIn one of her student’s research projects on sustainable shopping habits, Sasser said male students expressed just as much interest in buying eco-friendly goods as female students.
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