Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sexuality and CoHousing

[Deborah Behrens (debbeh]

> From cohousing-l [at] uci.com Wed Aug 31 16:46:29 1994
> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 17:39 CDT
> Originator: cohousing-l [at] uci.com
> From: Rob Sandelin <robsan [at] microsoft.com>
> Subject: Re: Sexuality and CoHousing
> 
> At Sharingwood, Sexual relationships are private matters. This is also 
> true of Religious beliefs and other family issues which do not affect 
> the operation of the community. I suppose if some private situation 
> came up which affected everybody in some way we would deal with it in a 
> Sharing Circle.  It hasn't yet other than the divorce case I mentioned 
> in an earlier posting.
> 

One other area in which the private would have to become public is
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.   I would hope that the incidence would be much
less in cohousing groups, due to increased communication, but it is
still a possibility.  In the wider community it is often swept under
the rug as a 'private' family matter.  

Have any cohousing groups had to deal with domestic violence yet?
If so, was it able to be handled in a safe environment for the victims?
Thanx for your input,
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