Even relatively simple gender-based divisions of labour can affect how they experience the environment. If only men fish in the open sea and only women fish in coastal mangroves, they will inevitably have different sets of environmental knowledge and experiences. Or if most men drive to work in a car while most women use public transportation, they will seethe environment and changes in it from different vantage points. Further, because of the social construction of gender roles, they may have different - usually unequal - capacities and approaches with respect to environmental interpretation and change.