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climate&change&can&be&accounted&for&by&the&dominating&patriarchal&culture&in&the&world.&
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firewood.&They&tend&to&children&and&lead&many&duties&to&make&sure&everyone&else&accounted&
for.&As&primary&natural&resource&managers&women&are&ready&to&lead&with&their&specialized&
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account&or&respect&a&women’s&community&decision&process.&The&intersectional&nature&of&
ecology&and&feminism&lies&in&science&of&the&reproductive&nature&of&the&women&by&recreating&
humans&and&allowing&our&species&to&survive,&both&woman&and&nature&being&subjected&by&the&
one&master&group,&elite&white&males,&and&the&interconnectedness&of&globalization&which&the&
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rich.&
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that&reveals&reproductive&health&is&being&harmed&by&the&chemicals,&which&pollute&our&air,&water,&
and&environment.&The&women&are&the&ones&who&struggle&the&most&in&these&toxic&environments.&
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