THE ROOT OF FEMINISM IN LAKE TOBA ORAL TRADITION: FAMILY, ECOSYSTEM AND ECOFEMINISM

Family and the struggle of eco-feminism are two different aspects that need to be elaborated in the research of social science and humanities. On the one hand, family is not only defined as the relation between husband, wife and children. It is a whole social system where the concept of family is always moving and the society involves in the dynamics of family. On the other hand, the study of ecofeminism sees a connection between the
exploitation and degradation of the natural world and the role of men and women in the exploitation and degradation of the natural world. Family also become part of the degradation of that natural world. The oral tradition of
Lake Toba Oral Tradition showed how the imbalance of family relationship affected the natural ecosystem. The methods used in this paper was the descriptive analysis. The paper attempted to look at the ecofeminism from the
New Age ecofeminism.