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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

>   . . . the thought of having a few "sisters" around appeals to 
> me.  After all there is safety in numbers. I hadn't thought about 
> this until this thread came up, but I don't think the notion of 
> homestead of a few ladies and a shared man sounds so wacky at all.

Not so wacky at all, indeed. There are two such enclaves north of me, 
in the general area of Ava, Missouri. I have been to Hawk Hill Farm, 
where perhaps a half dozen women live in several houses. No men. 
There is a larger enclave west, I think, of Ava, but I have not been 
there. It was started by a woman for abused women. Men are not 
welcome at all because some of the women are traumatized by the mere sight.