Cohousing-L Mailing List: cohousing community for older women only

[Melanie G (gomelaniego]

Very cool!  I love the name too, "OWCH".   This gave me some ideas for my
forming concept for a cohousing for people with Parkinson's, which is
apparently sharply rising now.

If anyone here has any ideas or suggestions of models to look at for ideas,
I'd love that.

I like that they made their gardens curvy to address any possible future
dementia.

Thank you Sharon!

Melanie just back from a communities tour ---


> A shorter link to the article that others have posted on a cohousing
> community for older women.
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> 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
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> This is an excellent article with more breadth and depth than most. Not a
> cringe-worthy sentence in the whole thing.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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