I have a D who graduated from a co-ed college a few years ago and never felt the need to huddle solely with other females when studying. I myself graduated from a co-ed college back in the Seventies and never felt that need. Who are these women who can’t tell a guy to get lost? The thought that any woman attending college in 2016 can’t handle unwanted attention from some idiot in a study lounge is pathetic. What do these poor, powerless flowers do in the library, cafeteria, or bookstore, or on the path to class when, gasp, MEN talk to them? What will they do in a year or so when they have to ride public transportation, shop in stores, spend all day in a workplace, with MEN everywhere?? It appears the vast majority of MSU’s female students felt no need to segregate themselves while studying, so the entire premise for the separate lounge is nonsensical. I suspect most who used the lounge did so because it was conveniently located to their dorm.
Perhaps women who are so easily shaken by the presence of men should attend women-only schools, or at least avoid frat-heavy institutions like MSU with their higher than average percentage of Neanderthal males. Or just obtain an online degree and never, ever have to deal with anyone at all.