<p>Considering that Barnard shares everything with Columbia (including some dorms) I think that aside from some empowerment and a focus on women’s studies, it’s kind of irrelevant.</p>
<p>@Iglooo I completely agree that women’s colleges as far as locking young women up away from men to keep virtue safe is archaic. The fact that Barnard is a woman’s college means that certain services (health care, dorms etc) are catered specifically to women. Aside from empowerment and convenience I think the single sex aspect of Barnard has little impact on the everyday lives of the students who share classes, libraries, clubs etc with members of the opposite sex.
Not to be cliche, but it’s really the best of both worlds. We can interact with guys without having to deal with them 24/7. Unless you want to, in which case you can do that as well.</p>