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In a widely shared 2018 journal article, Daggett coined the term “petro-masculinity” to describe flamboyant expressions of fossil fuel use by men (and some women as well, but mostly men) as a reaction against social progress.
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Coined by political scientist Cara Daggett in a 2018 paper, “Petro-masculinity” describes a pernicious fusion between fossil fuel use, climate change denial, and defense of authoritarian white patriarchal masculinity.
‘Petro-masculinity’ is destroying the planet — Can ecomasculinity save it? Britt Wray 2026
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