Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Diversity in Cohousing

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Feb 21, 2023, at 12:18 PM, Kathleen Lowry <kathleenlowrylpcclmft [at] 
> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> But certain terms used in a derogatory way like “c” words for women or “n” 
> should be banned, right?

I wouldn’t use these words and wouldn’t inhabit situations in which they were 
used, I but offer this:

When my son was about 2 and a half, he was attending a free school in which 
salty language was encouraged. We were going for a daylong Unitarian Church 
picnic at a friend’s home on the edge of a large permanent forest preserve that 
my friend had donated to the county. He and his family were _big_ 
preservationists.

To prepare for this visit I had to have a talk with my son about language and 
words that could not be used while we were there. The most important word not 
to be spoken was “snow mobile.”

Context is everything.

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