I’m hearing more reports about colleges going with coed rooms. You read that right, not coed dorms, but coed ROOMS. As in a guy and a girl sharing a room.
I have one question in response to this:
WHY?!
This is a bad idea on so many levels.
I have a hard time imagining a college-age guy wanting to live with a girl, without having ONE THING on his mind, unless he’s totally emasculated. “But we’re just friends!” Dude, PLEASE!! You’re not fooling anyone.
Women, let me take you aside for a moment. Do you realize that you’re subjecting yourself to the sounds and smells of a man within a small, enclosed space?
Oh, you say you’ll be able to keep all that in check, that he’ll be considerate to you?
Are you kidding me? Not if you’re “just friends.”
Parents, are you ok with your daughters (and sons) putting themselves in this position?
Schools, why would you subject yourself to an even greater headache in dealing with couples who break up but are still living together? Are you sure you want to hop on that emotional roller coaster with them? Dormcest is destructive enough–but roomcest? Very bad news.
I attribute this phenomenon to the general confusion over gender and gender roles in our society. I also attribute it to the overflow from the “shacking up” trend, where couples believe the myth that living together will “work” and be a good trial/practice run for getting married. Studies have shown that cohabiting doesn’t prepare people for marriage, but for divorce.
Students, parents, what do you think? Do you know anyone doing this? Would you recommend it? Why or why not?
Here’s the AP story on the coed room trend.
Here’s a video clip on the story. Warning: the anchor banter is especially lame (and a little creepy).
