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^ Well, Harvard would know that it’s just a ploy to humiliate it’s slot change for women.
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<p>That’s a very skewed view of the world… women want women only hours and it’s justified, men want them and it’s an attempt at humiliation…</p>
<p>In case you didn’t realize, there are many religious sects in which men would indeed have a problem working out with females, and could easily think they’d benefit from male-only hours. If it’s such a reasonable thing, do you not think they should be granted them in the same way that women have been?</p>
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Many colleges have female only dormatories…that is in NO WAY different. Many girls feel uncomfortable being constantly surrounded by guys, especially when they are not dressed as they would like to appear in public.
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<p>Yes, except most universities also have male-only dorms… at least I know the ones that I’ve been to allow voluntary segregation by both genders.</p>
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If you think there should not be female only gym hours then there should be no female only dorms…why stop there, why not make the rooms themselves coed…lets even go a step further and share the beds…this is ridiculuse.
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<p>That’s honestly the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. No one is suggesting entirely removing gender barriers; we just want them harmonized, and the obviously discriminatory policy that is women-only gym hours without comparable men-only hours to be fixed. All the stuff you’ve suggested taking away is available to both males and females (at least the rooms and beds certainly are) and therefore aren’t a problem.</p>
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Those girls tuition money goes to support harvard facilities and they should be offered an opportunity to use the schools facility or they should be given a discount in their tuition to go get a membership at a gym.</p>
<p>BTW I am NOT a female…but I think if they feel like they need more privacy give it to them…
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<p>They have the opportunity to use the gym, they just want more - to be allowed to use the gym at the expense of the men who use it. It’s not like women were barred from the gym before this, and I can’t understand why you would even think that that was the case.</p>
<p>As for them thinking that and being accommodated, what if another student (say, an Orthodox Jew) feels that dorm living is unacceptable to their religion? Should they be allowed to exempt? What if someone feels they’re too uncomfortable to live and use a communal bathroom; should Harvard be required to provide them with a private bathroom?</p>
<p>The fact is, at some level, these girls decided to go to the university; they knew the rules beforehand, they knew they might have to coexist with men, and so forth. Personally, I think they should just suck it up, because I’m really, really not a fan of the response to their religion-based concerns to be to bar men from that gym.</p>