Ecofeminism, Lifeboat Ethics and Illegal Immigration.

The author discusses the issue of ecofeminism, lifeboat ethics and illegal immigration into the U.S. It states that the basic tenet of ecological feminism has a crucial link between the domination of women and the domination of nature within Western patriarchal societies. He states that the value dualisms plays a prominent role in ecological feminist critiques of Western patriarchal cultures. Further it states that ecological feminists argue that the nature dualism underlies the conceptual framework of Western patriarchal cultures.