I’ve been thinking about this lately as well. I know several men who are in the “omg I’m mortal” stage of their lives, and all have suddenly taken up arms against the trees living on their properties. None of these men have any connection to one another, and the observation made me think there must be a link between men feeling weak, powerless, or impotent, and this bizarre behavior. I came to the conclusion that trees make men feel small and temporary, but the femenine angle is brilliant.

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/08/man-straight-recycle-men-environmental-gay-homophobia

Oh 100% !!

Yeah kind of a niche field a bit but folks have been talking about this for a long time. I see ecofeminism was mentioned but you also might enjoy authors in ecopsychology or deep ecology.