This book aims to begin an eco-centered, eco-feminist informed discussion about the ways in which our relationship to "nature" is bound up with gender, patriarchy and violence. It is in this ideological and structural tangle between humans and the environment that a deeper understanding of gender violence is possible.

1. Introduction; 2. Foregrounding Patriarchy in a Larger Field of Domination of Nature; 3. The Intersection of Masculinity, Gender Violence and Domination of NonHuman Animals; 4. Trans Species Harm and The Multiplicity of Violence from Climate Change; 5. Conclusion: Toward a Nonviolent Ecological Society.

Gwen Hunnicutt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Professor Hunnicutt received her PhD from the University of New Mexico and studies various dimensions of gender violence. Her writings have appeared in various journals, including Sexuality and Culture, Violence Against Women, Gender Issues, Journal of Family Violence and Women's Studies International Forum.