Cohousing-L Mailing List: cohousing community for older women only [ was Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 235, Issue 16 cohousing in Great Britain

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

A shorter link to the article that others have posted on a cohousing community 
for older women.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/24/we-have-brothers-sons-lovers-but-they-cant-live-here-the-happy-home-shared-by-26-women

This is an excellent article with more breadth and depth than most. Not a 
cringe-worthy sentence in the whole thing.

One interesting anecdote about why men are not allowed: One community of women 
felt that they were discriminating unfairly so they allowed a few men. In a 
period of months, every member of the managing committee was male.

Not to suggest that the men were purposely overbearing, but that in the company 
of men, women consciously or subconsciously chose to be other there rather than 
accommodate or convert. It’s likely that the male members brought with them 
traditional corporate governance attitudes and beliefs.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org