What is the most coed living situation? (Coed bathrooms)

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I notice that some colleges these days have coed bathrooms or even coed dorm rooms. I think this is a good thing; however, I do understand that it would make some people uncomfortable. I was just wondering, I know there aren't coed bathrooms or dorm rooms, but what is the most coed living situation at William & Mary?</p>

<p>I know what the hall-style dorms separating gender by floor are like. Are there any suite-style dorms with different genders on the same floor, but on different sides of the hall? I'm just wondering where you would find the most integration, as separating genders seems a bit archaic or mean, though I know the majority of colleges do this.</p>

<p>I know you can't choose your dorm so this is silly, but I'm just wondering.</p>

<p>Please chime in.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know anything about this?</p>

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<p>Hi there - I am the parent of a WM sophomore. As you said, dorms generally separate M/F by floor or hall. I have never seen suites co-ed.</p>

<p>Here is a link to check out all the freshman dorms:</p>

<p><a href=“Freshman Halls | William & Mary”>https://www.wm.edu/offices/residencelife/oncampus/residencehalls/freshman/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>Thank you- so no real coed experiences?</p>

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<p>WM is working on adding suite style rooms- 2 rooms divided by a bathroom- that will be coed. IE: Guy room, bathroom, girl room</p>

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<p>To expand on this for future readers, William and Mary is really big on self-determination, meaning that as a hall (floor) you can decide how your bathroom setup will work and what rules and restrictions will be placed on bathroom use. There are some floors that are coed, others that are separated by gender by floor. </p>

<p>In the second week of orientation, we had our “self determination” meeting. We decided that the ground floor would be gender neutral and that our floor’s restroom would be primarily for the male residents. Since there were people that voiced concerns to having our bathroom being used by the other gender, we decided that the other gender could use our bathrooms but there must be an escort waiting outside to warn other people that may be a female present inside. This was obviously a precaution of potentially embarrassing situations. Most of the female halls decided that their restrooms would be primarily female.</p>

<p>Off campus residency certainly can certainly be coed, but there are some limitations set by the city of Williamsburg.</p>