Sociological Analysis of Gender Differences of Environmental Attitudes in Iran (According to the Fifth Wave Data on World Values Survey, WVS)

This paper tries to analyze the effect of gender on environmental attitudes. Wether environmental attitudes between men and women are different or not is the main question of this research. Theoretical framework is ecofeminism perspective. Ecofeminists believe that there is strong and specific relationship between women and nature and they are more responsible for environmental problems in camparison with men. Ecofeminism describes movements and philosophies that link feminism with ecology. Ecofeminism connects the exploitation and domination of women with that of the environment, and argues that there is historical connection between women and nature. Ecofeminists believe that this connection is illustrated through the traditionally female values of reciprocity, nurturing and cooperation, which are present both among women and in nature. The main method of this article is secondary analysis using data of other institutions or researches. It is secondary analysis of fifth wave of World Values Survey (WVS) data. Findings show that there is not significant different from environmental concern between two genders, but rather on the importance to environmental issues and attitudes indicating that there is significant difference between men and women in this regard.