Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Same-sex.
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- adjective Suitable, or used, by only one
gender .
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Examples
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But other educators and scientists cite other parts of the data to reject the idea of single-sex classrooms.
As Little Girls and Boys Grow, They Think Alike Avery Johnson 2011
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The ACLU has pointed to a recent study in the journal Science which calls single-sex education "deeply misguided."
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I do not believe that single-sex dorms would be directly causative to the reduction in incidents, or at least not significantly so.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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It could be that, armed with that information, enough people would request single-sex dorms so that at least that option would be on the table for more students.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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Laura (southernxyl): For example, it would be preferable to me if the school was sued and lost so badly that it reinstated single-sex dorms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? 2010
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It could be that, armed with that information, enough people would request single-sex dorms so that at least that option would be on the table for more students.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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In this case, I suspect that the psychosocial factors that would cause a student to choose to live in a coed dorm instead of a single-sex dorm are related to the factors that make leave a student at greater risk of rape or false accusation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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If the data found that single-sex dorms correlated with lower rates of rape and false accusations, would you support abolishing coed dorms as options within public schools?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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It probably also reduces the interest in single-sex dorms, which might mean that such dorms become less financially supportable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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It could be that, armed with that information, enough people would request single-sex dorms so that at least that option would be on the table for more students.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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