Interesting, although not necessarily representative of the spoken/written use by the average individual, as headlines are written to different standards. So, now I've seen it twice (not reading through jstor atm). However, beyond "saving space" there's no actual need to use that word here, whether it's offensive or not.
Well, fair enough, take my response figuratively then.

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Including seminaries doesn't really make sense in your comparison if only because enrollment wise, they're probably irrelevant and many are unaccredited. But ok, if you insist. Wiki says over sixty women's colleges, primarily liberal arts. I think this is an apples to oranges comparison.

Now if you want to point out the sexism inherent in many religious sects, looking at the seminaries - primarily RCC or Jewish per wiki - makes sense.

They're a reflection of the religious beliefs of that group rather than a reflection of the access to education for women as a whole. Sects that allow women preachers/pastors/priests/rabbis have already integrated their seminaries, assuming they have any. Now sure, historically, it's the same sexism at the root of it all, but it's overbroadening the discussion.

As long as you can no longer claim that you've never heard of it.

And I can't claim that I've never heard of "coed as a noun" being used in an offensive context or people being offended by it. That's despite the fact that people in my real life professional and personal encounters (feminists included) use "coed as a noun" for the reasons I discussed earlier, and also to discuss both men and women, without negative connotation.

/so let it be written, so let it be done

Correct. The purpose and perceived utility behind uni-sex institutions is the same regardless of people's opinions of their religious or non-religious foundations; accreditation or non-accreditation; relevance; and size of student population.

(I still consider its use to describe male students to be so unusual as to be irrelevant)
Actually I disagree, I don't consider seminaries to be educationally equivalent to other schools and not at all comparable to say Loyola or Liberty University. Additionally, accreditation matters as evidenced by the school shutting down following loss of it's accreditation. And using them as an example of how men's education is still privileged misses the mark in my opinion.

And somehow there is still a reason they (were or) are uni-sex.

Uh, right, the sexism in the religion that reflects (and magnifies) the sexism in society where was this unacknowledged? And how does it relate to the use of the co-ed?

Uh...I was replying to naraht's post. You were replying to mine. This is all very straightforward if you're perplexed. LOL

Sorry, I'm relating it back to your original comment, your #3. I was as perplexed by the relevance then as I am now, not confused about the train of the converstion as a whole

Long and already redundant story short: It is linked with #1 and #4.

All in all, the point to be made has already been made.

That's not necessarily true. I went to one of those bigger schools with a bigger system (we have 17 sororities) and a member from another chapter became pregnant and quietly stepped away to get ready to have her baby and settle into motherhood. yeah EVERY ONE in the greek system knew who it was.

So you purposely seek out a thread to continue the gossip spreading. How Panhellenic of you.:rolleyes:

Hell, welcome to the early 90s in Texas. We had this happen at least once a year at my house with some variation. It happened to my little sis shortly after initiation. It happened to my recently pledged rush crush the following year. And I saw several variations of it play out across all four years.

To me, how a house handles the unexpected says volumes about how they will treat a sister on an average day. Not that I'd encourage adversity for adversity's sake, but life happens. I don't remember any disclaimer that the bonds of sisterhood were only valid while life is peaches and cream. But be thoughtful and classy and discrete as yo do what will best support that sister during what is no doubt a difficult time for her.

No, i'm not she's from around our school so she actually went back to her chapter and was an executive member after she gave birth, i give her major props. Plus her kid is precious and she's an awesome mom.

I was just saying that just because you go to a big school doesnt mean people dont know. It jsut means that it gets out to more people