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<p>Wow. Handyandy’s post is a true testament to the harmful side effects of single-sex education. For him to think that way about teen girls is just totally “19th century”. Thank god I had a co-ed education. I never noticed any gender lines interfering with class through all of high school. Gender was basically a non-issue 99% of the time. I am a science/math oriented girl and the majority of my science/math electives were 75% male or higher. In some of my courses, I was the only girl or one of two girls in a class of boys. The thought that "oh, I’m a girl, and they’re boys, we’re too different!’ has never crossed my mind. Who cares? I was and am always as active as the boys in predominantly male classes, as are the other handful of girls who take those courses. If anything, we’re more vocal in class, and get better grades than the average guy. I honestly think the sex segregation idea is archaic and somewhat misogynist. Andy’s understanding of girls is really rather limited and shows what he missed by not going to school with any girls. I’m offended that handyandy doesn’t think girls can “argue about integrals” because we’re… what, too preoccupied with not looking dorky? Too worried about not smudging our lipstick or something? We can’t think too hard and have ‘serious discussions’ because our puny female brains might explode? It’s like the 1900’s never happened!</p>
<p>I hate to think of how guys who attend single-sex schools will view and interact with girls in college and beyond.</p>