<p>When coed dorms started, students lived there by choice; if they preferred single-sex dorms, that option was still available. This changed over time so that on many campuses today, students no longer have a choice - <em>all</em> dorms are coed, and they cannot choose single-sex housing even if they prefer it.</p>
<p>Now that coed dorm rooms have started, students live there by choice; if they prefer a same-sex roommate, that option is still available. I wonder how long it will take before the colleges start “gender-blind” housing assignments, so that students may be assigned to share a dorm room with a person of the opposite sex whom they have never met.</p>