Might make sense to create a separate thread on “same house romances” and bring this thread back to the North Dorm discussion 
This thread is a perfect microcosm of the UChicago experience - for both good and bad. People chewing over every nuance of a issue is good - people arguing past each other for the sake of arguing is bad.
And at UChicago, you will get both, all the time!
I wouldn’t quite characterize it as “for the sake of arguing” @ThankYouforHelp. There are obviously well-thought-out and strong arguments on both ends.
Hopefully one side can learn from the other. I know I have, and as a new parent I greatly appreciate that.
Maybe I should have put in more smiley faces. It was a joke.
@ThankYouforHelp nah - it was a lighthearted truthful observation. It’s ok to admit that! Here’s your smiley: 
Perhaps the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree. My kids might choose different topics than “housecest” and “gendered bathrooms” - but they DO love to argue with us (and with each other)!
I think it’s more of a microcosm of the UChicago experience in that I stopped responding because I had a ton of homework to do