Loneliness in Seattle (OOPS!, I mean in Australia) | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org) | |
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:44:24 -0800 (PST) |
Monty Berman <mberman116 [at] hotmail.com> is the author of the message below. It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> because the message included only HTML which the listserv did not convert. -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- I am responding, for the first time!, to today's posting by Sharon re "loneliness" (see below). Loneliness is a fact of my own existence; I'd even call it a chronic sense of isolation. What I want to get across here, is that this is attenuated somewhat by living up here in EcoVillage at Ithaca---but still, even among the 60 households and wonderful, caring people here, I still get to deal with this "condition." Probably lots more to be said on this subject, but I'll settle for putting this piece of it out here. Monty Berman EcoVillage at Ithaca, founding member. On Feb 25, 2005, at 5:30 PM, Tilstra wrote: > Today's http://www.theage.com.au (Melbourne, Australia) reports on a > study on loneliness in Australia. To me, it clearly links the housing > arrangements people are in to the degree of loneliness reported. > Here's the link: > http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/The-solitary-confinement-of- > the-A > ussie-bloke/2005/02/25/1109180108482.html I would suggest that it mostly says that for _men_ the living situation is more crucial. Women are more able to form adequate social supports in a variety of living situations while men are not. When they live alone, they are lonely. Sharon Villines
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