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echo: educator
to: DAN TRIPLETT
from: RON MCDERMOTT
date: 1996-07-10 09:28:00
subject: SINGLE SEX CLASSES

DT>One has to wonder though (Ok...I have to wonder).  What is the big deal 
DT>of an all-male school?  It has an historic tradition that goes back 100+ 
DT>years (Im guessing).  Why is it now considered "unconstitutional" to 
DT>have an all-male or all-female school?
DT>It will become a new school.  And for what purpose?  So that a very few 
DT>women could enroll and we in America could applaud our valiant efforts 
DT>and continual progress to eliminate all elements of segregation.  
It's not just that... In the military, there are several
factors which affect one's success; one of those things is
the military background of the individual.  So long as the
Citadel was denied women, they were cut off from this part
of the "background".  Secondly, contacts or the "old boy"
network; being denied contact at the Citadel with the
attendees limited the future prospects of women in the
military... The whole thrust of this is that the segregation
DAMAGED the women in a demonstratable fashion, AND that no
other facility could, in fact, be equivilent (this was the
concept which overthrew segregation in general).  This is 
NOT the case with regard to single-sex classes, and, I 
suspect, if such cases reach the high courts, they may be 
found to be ok, as they do not DAMAGE anyone...
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