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Thinker · 11-08-2010, 06:04 PM

From the article...

At the center of the controversy is whether men's and women's colleges should allow transgender or nongender-conforming students to stay on campus when the purpose of same-sex schools is to cater to a single gender. Same-sex schools continue to admit only a single sex, but once the student is enrolled, the rules are less clear.

I find myself waffling on topics such as these because laying out firm "rules" ends up making things black-and-white, and it's hard for me to abide by that when we're talking about human beings.

Each situation is going to be different, and aren't most "rules" one-size-fits-all???

What I do feel clear about is the disappointment in Morehouse College's strict dress code banning traditional female clothing. With something like that, you deny someone the opportunity to express his (in the case of Morehouse) gender in his own unique way. That's a pretty outdated way of thinking.

11-08-2010, 06:04 PM	#2
Thinker Senior Member How Do You Identify?: transman Preferred Pronoun?: male Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,868 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 710 Thanked 4,133 Times in 1,079 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	From the article... At the center of the controversy is whether men's and women's colleges should allow transgender or nongender-conforming students to stay on campus when the purpose of same-sex schools is to cater to a single gender. Same-sex schools continue to admit only a single sex, but once the student is enrolled, the rules are less clear. I find myself waffling on topics such as these because laying out firm "rules" ends up making things black-and-white, and it's hard for me to abide by that when we're talking about human beings. Each situation is going to be different, and aren't most "rules" one-size-fits-all??? What I do feel clear about is the disappointment in Morehouse College's strict dress code banning traditional female clothing. With something like that, you deny someone the opportunity to express his (in the case of Morehouse) gender in his own unique way. That's a pretty outdated way of thinking. __________________ Practice humility and kindness.