catholicworldreport.com
2026-01-24
I live in a female college dorm where men are forbidden. And I wouldn't change it for the world!
I feel safe, I have great friendships with both men and women, and I feel supported in my relationship with Christ. I would never settle for anything else.
Despite the "liberation" that most colleges promise their students--including most religiously affiliated colleges today that long ago abandoned their own principles, establishing co-ed residences or late-night visitation rules--my experience is that keeping men out of girls' dorms creates the happiest living space for women. It upholds the safety, community, and integrity of college campus life.
The majority of college campus sexual assaults in the U.S. take place in residence halls. A 2019 study by the Association of American Universities revealed that 67% of sexual assaults occur in student residences. Another study, from the same year, revealed that 79.4% of the incidents at Harvard occurred in on-campus housing. Colleges should be aware of these dangers and take these facts into account when making decisions about campus life.
Women's safety needs to be a top priority. One concrete way to combat these risks is to offer women a place where ill-intentioned men can never enter.