Twin Oaks
"Since Twin Oaks began in 1967, our lifestyle has reflected our values of equality and nonviolence. Our goals have been to sustain and expand a community which values cooperation; which is not sexist or racist; which treats people in a caring and fair manner; and which provides for the basic needs of our members. Although our original inspiration came from B.F. Skinner's novel, Walden Two, it is now just one of the many influences which have helped shape Twin Oaks' character. Our desire to be a model social system has broadened to include human-scale solutions to problems of land use, food production, energy conservation, and appropriate use of technology."
In her 2005 paper, "Creating gender equality and an alternative to bureaucracy: The case of Twin Oaks," Amy Tomchin argues that "Twin Oaks has found organizational and distributive mechanisms for minimizing a traditional sexual division of labor and maximizing women’s and men’s participation in economic production and child rearing."