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Originally Posted by DrPhil
I understand if you have never heard that use. Since you can't walk through life with me, I'll just give an Internet-based example:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/U-of-C-to-Let-Male-Female-Students-Sleep-Together.html
If this attempt at sexual connotation makes coed as a noun still offensive, that still isn't the same as the claim that coed is only/100%/always/with no exceptions used for women.
And since I was in a blessed Seder all evening....
An article in The Jewish Advocate titled "Muslim and Jewish Coeds Under Sukkah;" and an article in Jewish Exponent titled "Israel Trip Preps Coeds for Advocacy" These articles are not only talking about female college students.
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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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"Over 50." Correct, there are more women's liberal arts colleges than men's liberal arts colleges (which could also contribute to some people thinking of women at co-education institutions as "coeds" in the 21st century). All-male is all-male regardless of whether they are religious or non-religious institutions. For the record, there are actually less than 50 women's colleges if only considering 4-year liberal arts.
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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.