Critical Analysis of 'Nature-Women' Metaphor from Ecofeminism

Critical analysis of language system from ecofeminism provides a new approach to cognitive nature of language. Ecofeminism claims that both woman and nature belong to the otherness in the patriarchal society, and they are in symbolic relation and thus forms the metaphorical thinking of 'nature-woman'. The metaphorical thinking of 'nature-woman' is the source of discrimination to sex and nature, which is shown in language from two aspects: feminization of nature and naturalization of women. In order to establish the ecological relation between human and nature, we should firstly change cultural and social views and secondly establish an ecological language system.