Do you think separating men/women in dorms is a good idea?

Contributor: yummyinmytummy yummyinmytummy
Eh, who cares? You're an adult and theres a lot crazier stuff than sleeping on the same floor as a boy.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Phosphorous Tick Phosphorous Tick
nah I wouldn't do floors like that. I enjoyed having the co-ed floors. But the bathrooms were same gender
It spices shit up - and keeps me on my toes
07/23/2012
Contributor: (k)InkyIvy (k)InkyIvy
I think it should be an option. There will be some students who will want to have dorms separated by gender, and other students who would rather have everyone evenly mixed. They shouldn't make it all separate or all together.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Danneh Danneh
I think the option of gender seperated floors- and intermixed ones should be there. Some people don't feel comfortable living on a floor with the opposite gender- and with things like communal showers- I can understand this.
07/23/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Beck
Quoted from P"Gell

"As for gender neutral- gender queer people, I'm not sure. It's a small percentage of the population, but they need to feel comfortable, too. Do gender neutral people feel more comfortable on a mixed gender ... more
You are absolutely right. Many cultures, from Native American to Southeast Asia recognizes what is often referred to as "third sex" and it encompasses a lot of variability. I wish our culture would be as sensitive and as normalizing.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Pinkshirt Pinkshirt
It's a good idea in the sense that it's more fun to sneak around.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Sangsara Sangsara
the lines between male and female hetero and homo are so blurred today that soon it won't make a difference but i think its more of a personality issue than one of sex. personally as a bisexual woman i preferred all female residential rehab than i did co-ed. the sexual tension got in the way and having all females to bond with helped but thats not as long as school evne if it is more intimate. im perplexed im sure in one dorm it wouls bw great and in another it would suck- too many contributing factors
07/23/2012
Contributor: g- g-
Meh. Having lived in both I can say I almost like having the guys around to level things out. Less cat fights.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Jimenko Jimenko
There should be an option of both given to students because some are uncomfortable in mixed gender settings, whiles some don't care.
07/23/2012
Contributor: cricket cricket
sure
07/23/2012
Contributor: bettle590 bettle590
I don't think it matters either way because you can always have friends on your floor and stuff. I've heard of colleges having 'gender blind' housing where there can be opposite sex roommates, but it's pretty common for floors to be coed. My school is mostly girls so there are all-female floors, but when there are guys their rooms are kind of grouped together. It really doesn't affect anything.
10/31/2012
Contributor: bettle590 bettle590
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Originally posted by HannahPanda
I think they do it for safety more than anything, so I think it's a good idea.
Yes I think safety is also a big issue because of the rate of sexual assaults on campuses. I wasn't thinking of that.
10/31/2012
Contributor: MrsRobinson73 MrsRobinson73
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Originally posted by GONE!
No, I think there should be the option of living on a coed floor.
Yes. Keyword being OPTION. Some people are more comfortable living among people of the same gender; others prefer to live with opposite-gender mates. I think that college students should have a choice in the matter.
11/03/2012
Contributor: hem hem
I think it's best to let people have options. I think ideally, gender floors, co-ed floors, and gender neutral floors would all be offered everywhere.
11/03/2012
Contributor: Alyxx Alyxx
My college had the dorms set up so that roommates could only be two girls or two guys, but floors had both males and females. There was also one girls-only dorm building, where any guy viditing had to be escorted in and out and had to be out before midnight, and another building that was from an older set of dorms thataway divided into two halfs, one for guys and one for girls, with communal bathrooms on each hall and the same rules about the opposite sex being escorted in and out. There were no communal bathrooms in the other dorm buildings though. Each room had its own, which was wonderful. In the last two years of high school I also lived in a dorm, but it was set up in suites of three rooms to a bathroom for girls, and the guys' dorm building had the communal bathrooms on each hall. Guys were in general pretty jealous that we only had to share 6 people to a bathroom where they had to share with like 30 people.

I think that separate floors is a good idea if the bathrooms are communal, though. Simply so no one has to feel embarrassed or awkward about walking down the hallway in a bathrobe or underwear and worrying about who might see them. If the rooms have separate bathrooms I don't really see a point. Then again, I had a private dorm room for the year I lived in the dorms and m boyfriend spent pretty much every night in my bedroom. It was a great setup, you had a roomate but you each had a bedroom and just shared a bathroom and what could almost pass for a kitchenette. It was mostly open space, a countertop, and a sink.
11/03/2012
Contributor: sugar&spikes sugar&spikes
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Originally posted by Ryuson
If they can afford to do it it seems like a selling point, but I think that when you get to be college age it really shouldn't matter.
i agree
11/03/2012
Contributor: falalena falalena
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Originally posted by P3ngu1n78
Some colleges house students so that they only live on floors with their own gender. Do you think this is a good idea?
yeah that would be nice.
01/14/2013