Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: remaining relevant

[Ruddick, T.R. (RUDDICK]

Here's a suggestion.  I've been skimming thru this thread as it's
proliferated, and a simple question came to my mind:

What is being said on this list about human sexual behavior that is unique
to cohousing?

My answer--cohousing communities and churches are the only groups I know
that attempt to draft policy to regulate sexual relations.

So in response to the many hypothetical scenarios, I offer one response:
people will react to others' diverse sexualities in idiosyncratic ways, in
or out of cohousing.

The original post, I think, was urging cohousers to be tolerant of
diversity, which is a cohousing issue.

So could we please avoid stating our personal sexuality or personal
responses to others' as the main point of this discussion?  The better
question would be: how does a cohousing community transcend problems that
arise if one member disapproves of another member's sex life (or non-sexual
relationships for that matter.  What should you do if one of your members
was close to their biological family, who all happened to be zealous
fundamentalist pentacostals who took friendly visits as an opportunity to
witness to the other heathens in this funny commune?).

"TR"    Thomas E. Ruddick, associate prof.
              Edison Community College, Piqua OH 45356
                Veni, Vidi, Curcurri!