Does Misogyny Still Exist?

Admissions to same-sex colleges are increasingly dropping, which has led to widespread closures of most all male/all female schools. A “Room for Debate” article, “Are Same-Sex Colleges Still Relevant?”, addresses the closure of an all girls college and what it means for the remaining single sex colleges. 

In this modern day and age, there is less of a need for same sex colleges; women who want the same opportunities that men have, choose to equally learn in the same environment as them. An alumni from Sweet Briar university, an all girls school, argues that,  “As long as misogyny and violence against women exist in our society, open environments like women's colleges remain relevant”. However, women have been thriving in co-ed schools with little misogyny, and have also had more experience dealing with the gender integrated world than those studying privately. All female colleges were only relevant at a time when females were thought to think and learn differently than males, a time when “female leaders were educated in an era when elite (male) colleges did not admit them” stated by Diane Halpern, former president of the American Psychological Association. Segregating the two genders prohibits men and women from learning from each other and working together, and also promotes voluntary separation between man and woman. As I see it, female colleges are outdated and don’t have the same resources as elite co-ed colleges, which is why so many are shutting down. 

Do you believe that same-sex colleges should be preserved or should run it’s course? Do you think co-ed schooling, both in high school and college, is a better learning experience and why? Would you consider attending an all male or all female school?