When Roommates Aren't Compatible

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<p>“I think most rules on overnight guests were universal. Curfews were just for women.”</p>

<p>I don’t think that that is the case. Signing in a female guest for an overnight stay was routine in most women’s dorms in the parietal-rules era. Wendy Wellesley had her high school friend Vanessa Vassar come and stay for the Harvard-Yale weekend. And it goes without saying that if 300 women all live in the same dorm, Sappho on the third floor could just find a “guest” from the second floor, and they were all “home” before curfew. I don’t know of any secular schools that did bed checks, even back in the 40s and 50s.</p>

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In what case? Are you addressing a specific example as opposed to speaking in generalities about the change in dorm policies over the years, as you appeared to be in this post <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065629794-post40.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065629794-post40.html&lt;/a&gt;

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<p>Sure, women became more vocal in wanting increased freedoms and to self-advocate, especially in the 70’s and later, especially after the increased availability of the pill. Doubt it would have gone over too well of the guys were pushing for more leniency in overnight visitation, and doubt guys would be asking for increased visitation for other guys visiting.</p>

<p>There was a lot of change going on back then in the 70’s, especially for women. Title IX college sports issues were not exactly being pushed by the men’s sport teams.</p>