Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Mixed-gender dorm rooms are gaining acceptance
Los Angeles Times: "In the 1970s, many U.S. colleges moved from having only single-sex dormitories to providing coed residence halls, with male and female students typically housed on alternating floors or wings. Then came coed hallways and bathrooms, further shocking traditionalists. Now, some colleges allow undergraduates of opposite sexes to share a room." (via Jezebel)
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I think that this is a great policy to begin instating in colleges around the country. Not to create some kind of statement like the article said but for practicality reasons as well. I think that it can provide easier rooming solutions and help integrate people who might not have mingled before. Im not saying to get rid of single gender based housing because that would just be a dumb idea, since some people might not be at all comfortable rooming with someone of the opposite sex. But I agree with the two roommates in the article that it depends much more on their habits than anything else, and that a roommate is a roommate
I think that this could be a great idea, as long as it is an option rather than a mandate. If incoming freshman were randomly paired with the opposite sex, I'm sure chaos could ensue. However the more I think about it, the less strange it seems. Currently I room with 3 other girls, but next year I will be renting a house with 2 guys and one other girl. Thinking about my dorm with guys would be odd, but I am not at all unsettled by my future rooming situation. Again, as long as it is just an option, I'm all for it. We are adults, and we should have the right to choose.
It is interesting that this college allowed its students to do this for non ethical reasons, just for the fact that they wanted to room with a friend, rather than because it is better for awareness. It is good to see that people can be accepting of this fact, and not question the intents. As homosexuality is becoming more and more accepted and out in the open, same sex rooms can no longer be assumed as "sexually safe". A bit of an awkward phrase, but that was the original intent.
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