<p>It’s not just bathrooms. At some schools, it’s dorm rooms:</p>
<p>[Just</a> roommates - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/04/02/just_roommates/?page=full]Just”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/04/02/just_roommates/?page=full)</p>
<p>And transgender issues:</p>
<p>[When</a> Girls Will Be Boys - New York Times](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16students-t.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=c902f90f30e08263&ex=1363320000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]When”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16students-t.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=c902f90f30e08263&ex=1363320000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss)</p>
<p>But liberals assume wrongly their college is typical across the country. It isn’t. Gender neutral bathrooms are a growing concept but not yet the majority:</p>
<p>[News:</a> Momentum for Gender Neutrality - Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/27/gender]News:”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/27/gender)</p>
<p>Still, I was shocked when I, as a parent of an incoming freshman, first heard about this. I didn’t find out until the Accepted Students visit and orientation in April. The topic was raised in a large, auditorium style classroom packed exclusively with parents. Interestingly, the parents of boys showed very little concern and couldn’t understand why the parent’s of girls would be. Well, duh! Informally, in my conversations with parents, those most outraged and shocked all had daughters. </p>
<p>“150 Colleges and universities” is a tiny fraction. Most colleges do NOT have gender neutral dorm bathrooms. Personally, such an arrangement is unacceptable to me. But I realized that I’m not going to be the student. My kid is going to be the student. She has to be comfortable with it. I won’t be there. If she’s comfortable, I will accept it. If it turns out that once she experiences it she hates it, I’ll pull her out of there. It’s that simple.</p>