College co-ed bathrooms in dorms?

[peggyfromwastate]

Help?!? Is this for real? I saw this in "parenthood" where one character is a freshman at Berkeley. I thought "no way" and googled it... And apparently this is a thing that's actually out there????

I am so behind the curve. And dd17 will be going to college next year. We haven't gone on a dorm room tour yet...

Shocked and disturbed....

[Ladybug]

Just asking for trouble. And who wants a guy to hear them peeing, or smell them pooping in the morning? Yuck! I certainly don't want to smell a bunch of college boys!!

[KlynK]

Ewww that's weird!! I would've shocked if most schools have that kind of a setup.


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Why would they do that? Do boys want to deal with tampons and maxi pads? And what about showering, etc.

Considering we have bathrooms based on sex in every other societal realm, seems very odd to me.


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[Vishenka69]

All my dorms had co-ed bathrooms. Wasn't a big deal at all. For religious students some floors were designated for single gender.

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[GreyhoundsRUs]

Considering we have bathrooms based on sex in every other societal realm, seems very odd to me.

+1


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[GreyhoundsRUs]

In my dorm, we had one bathroom per "suite" (2 rooms). The dorms were co-ed, but segregated by floor. Technically a guy could use our bathroom, if he was visiting, but he needed our room key. In that sense, it was no different than a house.


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[mommax3]

My son goes to a christian college. There are single sex dorms, kind of....girls are in one side, the lobby and common rooms are in the middle, and boys are on the other side. Except for move-in/move-out days, *I* can't even go in his room! I'm fine with it. My kid is going to do what he's going to do, single-sex dorm or not, but based on my dorm experiences, boys and girls occupying the same living spaces can lead to some awkward social situations.

[L.Jane]

My sister (grad college in 2002) had coed bathrooms. My college's dorm were separated by pod, but the floors were coed and guys could go in to any bathroom really. It wasn't that big of a deal honestly. You had your own stall, you brought your clothes to the bathroom with you so no one saw you change, and you got used to it pretty quickly.

[MsSassyBaskets]

My college's dorm were separated by pod, but the floors were coed and guys could go in to any bathroom really. It wasn't that big of a deal honestly. You had your own stall, you brought your clothes to the bathroom with you so no one saw you change, and you got used to it pretty quickly.

All my dorms had co-ed bathrooms. Wasn't a big deal at all. For religious students some floors were designated for single gender.

Sounds like mine. There were some single sex and some coed and one or two single-stall, and in the middle of the night nobody gave a crap, you just went to whatever was closer. There were single-sex floors, but I think only one of each on the entire campus. It really wasn't an issue. People for whom it would have been an issue chose more conservative schools.

[PrincessFiona]

When I was an exchange student in Germany we had co-ed bathrooms. I found it ... awkward.

I know some of the dorms on campus where Andrew is have co-ed dorms/bathrooms. He would never use a co-ed bathroom. LOL.

Kris

[poky]

The dorms at the college I went to were like apartments, with kitchens and bathrooms, so the bathroom was just like a bathroom at home, and you could close and lock the door. The college wasn't in loco parentis, so if a group of people requested to room together and the group contained both genders, they'd let you, but if you were just in the pool to be put wherever with whoever, the units were single-sex. No segregation by floor or building, obviously. *shrug* It wasn't a problem.

[peggyfromwastate]

I don't think it's a question of conservative vs liberal.... I just think my dd will be so uncomfortable with guys walking around in boxers and sharing the bathrooms. Thinking of all the potential for people to take inappropriate video or pictures.... It just is something I never even considered a possibility. She hates locker rooms for the lack of privacy... But I suppose she will adjust to whatever living situation there is.

Anyway the google search also showed a new trend towards coed rooms.

Not ready for this.

[alotofyarn]

I would have hated it, but I went to a Christian college with single sex dorms and pretty strict visiting hours. Definitely something to consider when looking at schools and housing options though!

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[Pollyanna]

It seems this trend started 10 years ago (maybe even longer). I honestly don't get the point. Dd19 dorm has boys in the first two floors and the top 4 floors are for girls. Peggy, I'm sure your dd will be able to find a single sex, or at least segregated, dorm. While it's more common I don't think it's the norm quite yet.