Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 203, Issue 16

[Philip Dowds (rphilipdowds]

Sharon —

I’m not sure I can picture how a substantive debate about dealing with “sexism” 
did not promptly reveal and highlight these two wildly contrasting views about 
the meaning of the word “sexism”.  Did this controversy endure for weeks?  Or, 
half a meeting?

Thanks,
RPD

PS: Freud discussed the sexuality of children at considerable length, and 
caught considerable flak for his extraordinary theories.

> On Dec 16, 2020, at 6:16 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:
> 
> The first group I worked with that consciously made a commitment to consensus 
> decision-making was a group starting a cooperative school. We just couldn?t 
> figure out a curriculum solution that one woman in particular would accept. 
> Finally someone realized that we were talking about "sexism" in terms of 
> discrimination by gender and she defined ?sexism? as sexualization of 
> children, particularly pre-teens and teens.