Comments on: Co-ed rooms: Roomcest anyone?

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By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:19:57 +0000

Richard: You are definitely a parent.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:40:03 +0000

One of the problems a student in college may encounter is the roommate (often a girl) who invites her significant other to live with her/him. This happened to a friend of mine, who was too timid and polite to say “no.” Be that as it may, it required her to dress and undress in the bathroom down the hall and put up with the couples’ love-making a few feet away. School administrators did nothing. Of course, if her parents had known, they would have been upset at paying for a room for two, which ended up being for “three.” I also agree with Chicken Greese that co-ed dorms can lead to assault situations for girls. I understand that “date rape” is a major problem on today’s college campuses because of coed dorms. In my day, a guy in a girls’ dorm after a certain hour could get him kicked out of school. But scarier than guys and gals in adjacent rooms are mixed-sex bathrooms, where a thin shower curtain could be all that separates a young lady from someone shaving.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:47:57 +0000

I don’t see what the big deal is. There will be people who can handle it, and people who can’t, but you’re (usually) an adult when you go to college, and theoretically able to make those decisions. If you live outside of the campus housing system, you can live with whoever you want in whatever configuration you want, so does it really matter if we allow students the same options on campus?

I’ve shared a room with girls before and not had a problem. I’ve also shared a room with girls and had it be a serious problem. In both instances, the results were the fault of myself and the person I lived with, and how we approached and dealt with each other.

I think it might be a reasonable precaution to allow co-ed rooms only if you have a specific person you’d like to live with or a reason, and not as an option you can choose if you’re getting a random roommate, since the success of co-ed cohabitation lies pretty heavily on how you deal with the situation.

Question: why aren’t we allowed to specify sexuality on roommate applications? If restricting the gender of a roommate is acceptable, restricting their sexuality should be as well.

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:13:55 +0000

The only real problemo I see with this one has to do with all these campus “assaults” on female students that you hear about every so often (UH ain’t alone; KGMB earned an Emmy recently with their report on how easy it was to get into certain dorm[s]). Currently, there are, what, certain wings designated for either gender (I commuted, see; so, did my cohorts), and, you see a guy in a room for too long, you might know something’s up. With co-ed, how the heck do you tell?

Personally speaking, if I were in a co-ed dorm situation? No telling how many times I may need to change rooms if I feel the need to take off shirt, emphasize me pecs and guns ‘pon meeting female roommate in question, bwwwaaaaa.

By: JMAW

JMAW — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:49:06 +0000

they perfume the air. ha! that is the best one yet.

i lived with this really hot ex-cheerleader once thinking it was going to be sweet, her friends over and stuff and well, having my room next to the bathroom was pretty disgusting. i will spare the details but every crazy sound you can think of and yeah. not to mention the one week four different dudes came over.

but of course it can go the same way for a woman. dudes can be noisy as **** and have just as many overnight guests.

this trend might train men and women to better live together in the future. regardless of who, what, where, why, and when the roommates have to talk if there is an issue. because that is the best way to have a workable living situation. no talk no expect harmony.

shoots.

By: carolyn

carolyn — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:33:29 +0000

you’re not old-fashioned Kim - just realistic.

I don’t like the idea of co-ed dorm rooms. I think its enough of a transition for kids to go from high school to college without the added element of learning to live with someone of the opposite sex I guess if the kids were life long platonic friends and had already worked out the inevitable “I don’t like you in that way” period of their relationship maybe it could be positive. But hemajang is right - there needs to be an out in case things stop going well. funny things can happen at college…..

By: Coconut Willy

Coconut Willy — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:33:08 +0000

I think by signing a paper it just makes it legal. Throughout college my girlfriend and I stayed at each others place. It kinda depended on how the roommates were with it. At least this way, if the two are a “couple”, the roommates will not be put out or uncomfortable.

By: 4TUN8

4TUN8 — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:26:25 +0000

To room or not to room… that would be the choice of the roomies.. i see no reason for consenting people to live in a co-ed typr dorm.. it would help them learn about the popposite sex that we are all the same… we fart & dodo the same, we burp the same, all og these in various sizes lenghts etc. if sex does come into play , then still it’s by choice.. if living with the opposite sex with no sexual ties will help a person mature, then so be it..

By: franksabunch

franksabunch — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:53:51 +0000

@Juh — Women don’t fart. They “perfume” the air. Haha!