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Is this just another term for "unisex"?
So this is just a dictionary entry?
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The article says: "The first gender-blind dorm in the United States opened in the fall of 2003 on the campus of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut." Now, what is a gender-blind dorm? Isn't this just an appartement building for students which is open for both sexes? Here in Germany this is the norm, and I would have expected this to be the same in the US. So, could somebody please explain? (I assume that a "dorm" in the US use is not (as in British English) a hall with meny beds, but a house with many single or double rooms. Is that correct?) Simon A. 7 July 2005 14:41 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you all know, that pretty much all dorms in the USA are sex-segregated. It is extremely common-place for same-sex individuals to request rooms together and is often even encouraged. (So that one can room with a friend rather than a stranger.) On the other hand, most campuses do not allow opposite sex roommates, though there are floors where sex alternates by room. There are some campuses in the US where students are petitioning to have "sex-blind" room assignments, but the deal would probably be that two students would have to request such an assignment and would not just be randomly placed with another of the opposite sex. Is everyone clear on that now?
The term unisex means 'suitable for both sexes' in the UK [1]. The thing is, that information wouldn't fill a whole page, and therefore it wouldn't be appropriate to add it to the unisex page, but it is totally unrelated to 'gender-blindness' so it probably shouldn't go on this page. What do you think should be done?
I agree, unisex in Autralia means something for both sexes and after talking to a few people we ALL agreed that we thought uni was a contraction of universal
'Gender-blind' applies to more than just dorm rooms for crying out loud!
So how do gender-blind people identify as? They wouldn't say male or female, would they, because they don't pay attention to gender. 122.106.157.85 ( talk) 10:59, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
It seems like both of these terms are quite new and not yet distinguished from eachother yet. I propose that we we and make these terms more distinguished. The term gender neutrality seems to me like it is part of the wider number of topics to do with not defining people by their sexual organs.. and maybe "Gender blind" is more specifically referring to an individual who identifies with this perspective?
I think It's really important to clearly distinguish these terms. I will work alittle on the articles today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.139.28 ( talk) 15:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
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Is this just another term for "unisex"?
So this is just a dictionary entry?
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The article says: "The first gender-blind dorm in the United States opened in the fall of 2003 on the campus of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut." Now, what is a gender-blind dorm? Isn't this just an appartement building for students which is open for both sexes? Here in Germany this is the norm, and I would have expected this to be the same in the US. So, could somebody please explain? (I assume that a "dorm" in the US use is not (as in British English) a hall with meny beds, but a house with many single or double rooms. Is that correct?) Simon A. 7 July 2005 14:41 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you all know, that pretty much all dorms in the USA are sex-segregated. It is extremely common-place for same-sex individuals to request rooms together and is often even encouraged. (So that one can room with a friend rather than a stranger.) On the other hand, most campuses do not allow opposite sex roommates, though there are floors where sex alternates by room. There are some campuses in the US where students are petitioning to have "sex-blind" room assignments, but the deal would probably be that two students would have to request such an assignment and would not just be randomly placed with another of the opposite sex. Is everyone clear on that now?
The term unisex means 'suitable for both sexes' in the UK [1]. The thing is, that information wouldn't fill a whole page, and therefore it wouldn't be appropriate to add it to the unisex page, but it is totally unrelated to 'gender-blindness' so it probably shouldn't go on this page. What do you think should be done?
I agree, unisex in Autralia means something for both sexes and after talking to a few people we ALL agreed that we thought uni was a contraction of universal
'Gender-blind' applies to more than just dorm rooms for crying out loud!
So how do gender-blind people identify as? They wouldn't say male or female, would they, because they don't pay attention to gender. 122.106.157.85 ( talk) 10:59, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
It seems like both of these terms are quite new and not yet distinguished from eachother yet. I propose that we we and make these terms more distinguished. The term gender neutrality seems to me like it is part of the wider number of topics to do with not defining people by their sexual organs.. and maybe "Gender blind" is more specifically referring to an individual who identifies with this perspective?
I think It's really important to clearly distinguish these terms. I will work alittle on the articles today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.139.28 ( talk) 15:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)