ShaquitaPack

The bathrooms are fine. They have single-sex bathrooms everywhere so you're not forced to shower with guys at all and they have curtains. When I showered there was NO ONE in the room and this was at night and early in the morning. I only bumped into someone as I was coming out and she had a towel on. I wouldn't do co-ed bathrooms but the single-sex ones are fine

TheOneCurlyFry

Oberwiki is not a joke. It's a wiki about Oberlin.

The group showers are not in every dorm, no big deal.

ahhrrr

Burton was remodeled a couple summers ago, and I think Harkness may be the only building with group showers. That's an opt-in building, and there are systems in place to make sure every student is comfortable. It's something prospective students talk about, but I honestly haven't thought about it in the two years I've been at Oberlin.

-ahhrrr '09

TheOneCurlyFry

What about Fairchild?

techiedork

I think Fairkid is the only other building with group showers still... but like Harkness they have the E, but I think they also tend to vote most of their bathrooms into single-gendered ones, but you will still have the opportunity to indicate that you won't want anyone else coming in.

note: I live in Harkness this year and have always taken showers alone and haven't had any problems with the E.

fingersxed

wow. my friend is going to oberlin. i can't wait to tell her about this.

estargrl88

i haven't been in a dorm with group showers, but as for gender neutral bathrooms, it really isn't a problem. as others have said, you vote anonymously at the beginning of the year. i was truthfully pretty worried at first, but everyone is mature and it's not an issue. you see the same people everywhere else in your hallway and talk to them, so it's not odd to find people of the opposite gender in your bathroom too.
also someone asked about co-ops. there are a few different types at oberlin. some of them are dorms where students do all the cooking and cleaning. others just have cooking, and some are students who live in other dorms but come to that co-op dorm to eat. there is a main chef, and students have shifts each week to help prepare, clean, etc. it saves you a bunch of money to eat in one and it's probably healthier. some just have vegan or vegetarian food. i am not in one but i've i've tried food from a few and it's been good from my experience. different co-ops have different personalities and menus, so look into them more indepth if you want to live or eat in one.

kassos

There's nothing odd about a co-ed bathroom with co-ed showers. One of the dorms on campus here at Lawrence used for summer housing has a couple of co-ed floors where men and women share the bathroom and can be roomates if they want. I'm on one of those floors rooming with my girlfriend.

The very first day seeing women in the bathroom and walking in and out of the showers was kind of weird, but after 3 weeks it is completely normal to me.

The only reason people get "shocked" at co-ed shower rooms is because they are not used to it. Plain and simple.

booklet0519

id rather not become used to it though...

im cool with other ppl doing it but i wouldnt feel comfeterable showering with guys adn girls together