A branch of feminism that integrates both feminism and political ecology. This term was coined by the French writer Françoise d’Eaubonne in her 1974 book Le féminisme ou la mort (Feminism or death). Ecofeminism argues that women and other marginalised communities are the most vulnerable to issues caused by climate change and emphasises the ways both nature and women are treated by patriarchal society. According to ecofeminist theory, environmental problems are not separate from sociocultural and political issues, and thus ecology becomes a feminist issue. It is argued that in patriarchal society, women and nature are often depicted as chaotic and irrational and to be controlled by men, who are rational and ordered. To solve ecological and / or gender equality issues, it is important to change the social status of all three.