Vegetarian ecofeminism

Vegetarian ecofeminism is a branch within the field of ecofeminism, which examines the connection between the oppression of women and the oppression of nature. Vegetarian ecofeminism extends beyond ecofeminism because it believes that the way in which humans exploit and kill animals should be distinctly recognized, and that the oppression of humans is linked to the oppression of animals.

Vegetarian ecofeminists integrate the consideration of nonhuman animals in their analyses, along with race, class, gender, and nature. Through the concept known as intersectionality, it is recognized that sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism and other forms of inter human discrimination are all connected.

The concept of speciesism is central to distinguishing between vegetarian ecofeminism and ecofeminism, and it strongly links the hierarchies created among animals to the hierarchies created among humans. Distinguishing between ecofeminism and vegetarian ecofeminism is important because of vegetarian ecofeminism's focus on the oppression of animals provides connections between the other linked forms of oppression, but specifically the oppression of women.

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