RM> Matt, can you be more specific as to the law in this case?
MS>The legal argument was just that the state of Virginia's "separate
MS>but equal" women's-leadership program run somewhat along VMI lines was
MS>not equal to VMI, and that "separate but equal" is as illogical with
MS>respect to sex in education as it is to race.
MS>Women at VMI just won't get the "benefit" you talk about, since the 
MS>system they seek will inevitably end when they enter!
I understand your point, but the issues involved in the
VMI case are not the same as those in a single-sex
classroom... Now that you have clarified the VMI case, I am
quite sure that the issues differ enough that there is only
a slight correspondence...
RM> handicap for the females... Similarly, a coed math class 
RM> seems to result in damages to females, as do coed classes
RM> with black males. 
MS>Remember the court rulings on _racially_ "separate but equal"
MS>schools?
I do indeed, they were based on damages accruing to those who
were segregated; that is not the case in this instance... It
would be very difficult, if not impossible, to show damages
if the programs resulted in BENEFITS; don't you think?
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