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Originally Posted by susansusan
Bloody Hell, this is considered news?
In the UK and Europe mixed dorms etc have been normally for ages- although, of course, wash facilities are private and lockable.
Gender seperate dorms would, indeed, be considered very unusual these days- probably there are some for women only on request, but as a rule, it's all mixed now.
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In France, the vast majority of post bachelor "preparatory schools" (for students between 18 and 21 generaly) have male-only dorms. In Paris, I know only a single one that has a dorm for girls, and it's separate from the one of the guys, with the following rules : no guy is ever allowed in the girls dorm, whatsoever. But girls are allowed on the guys dorm,
at their own risk.
And since girls aren't allowed to stay at dorms in the schools themselves, there are several common "girls-only" dorms in Paris, which means that while (some) guys are allowed to sleep at their own school, girls have to commute across the whole city every day...