▁together . ▁Women ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁ob ed ient ▁and ▁serve ▁in ▁domestic ▁capac ities ▁only , ▁while ▁men ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁domin ate ▁and ▁control ▁them . ▁M embers ▁turned ▁over ▁whatever ▁money ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁the ▁Family . ▁Fund s ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁purchase ▁houses ▁in ▁the ▁Fort ▁Hill ▁area ▁for ▁members ▁to ▁live ▁in , ▁construction ▁tools ▁and ▁vehicles ▁along ▁with ▁sound ▁and ▁video ▁recording ▁equipment ▁for ▁L yman ' s ▁use . ▁The ▁community ' s ▁primary ▁activity ▁was ▁construction ▁and ▁rem od eling ▁work . ▁The ▁for em ost ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁support ive ▁environment ▁for ▁L yman ▁to ▁do ▁his ▁cre ative ▁work . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁both ▁Fel ton ▁and ▁Kind man , ▁a ▁mach o , ▁bul lying ▁eth ic ▁pre va iled ▁and ▁guns ▁were ▁frequently ▁brand ished . ▁L yman ▁seemed ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁one ▁could ▁only ▁be ▁truly ▁cre ative ▁when ▁one ▁was ▁" real " ▁or ▁" aw ake "   – ▁defined ▁in ▁practice ▁as ▁experien cing ▁inten se ▁pain ▁or ▁anger   – ▁and ▁that ▁fear ▁and ▁cow ard ice ▁caused ▁one ▁to ▁remain ▁" as leep " ▁or ▁even ▁to ▁die . ▁People ▁were ▁subject ed ▁to ▁rig id ▁discipline ▁and ▁highly ▁struct ured ▁lives . ▁The ▁Av atar ▁By ▁the ▁Spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁the ▁Fort ▁Hill ▁Community ▁had ▁become ▁an ▁established ▁presence ▁in ▁Boston ▁and ▁it , ▁along ▁with ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁wider ▁community ▁in ▁greater ▁Boston ▁and ▁Cambridge ,