The rules governing ordinary life are extensive, have changed over time, and are the subject of most outside reporting. Members do not attend university, though the fellowship has developed its own vocational and degree pathways; do not join professional bodies, trade unions or the armed forces; do not vote in some jurisdictions and do in others; and historically did not own televisions or radios. Computers and internet access are supplied through fellowship-controlled systems. Semi-detached and terraced housing is avoided so as not to share a wall with a non-member household, and there are norms about dress and about women's head covering and hair. The PBCC's public material presents these as ordinary religious observance freely chosen; the Charity Commission in 2012 took the view that the resulting separation was so complete that public benefit had not been demonstrated, and reversed itself in 2014 after the deed of variation.