Thought experiment - a genderless vinaya

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should mention friend @Media in this thread!! and here are some relevant threads from before:

Is the Vinaya fit for purpose?

I’m very new to the Buddha’s teachings and how they are currently lived, so many apologies in advance for misunderstandings. I have been reading the thread on arahants recognising ordination. It seems to me (living in the world that I live in, which may be very different to yours), that the Vinaya is not fit for purpose and probably less fit for purpose going forward into the 21st century. The discussion in the other thread centred around the idea of a binary state - male and female (be that …

Is there a "place" in the west for a monastery that is home to Bhikkhus AND Bhikkhunis?

I was initially going to PM this to Bhante @sujato but then I remembered there are multiple monastics on here, including Ayye @Vimala and Ajahn @Brahmali, so I figured maybe I could get a larger pool of wisdom on the topic. I was recently having a conversation with a fellow junior monastic here at Bhavana about it’s past, where for over a decade back in the 90s it was home to both Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis(and both were ordained here by Bhante Gunaratana). In the end, due to a variety of reas…