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...opinion expressed here dissents from the editorial position printed yesterday on page 2 of the CRIMSON which supported the RUS coed residency plan...
...RUS coed plan, which would deprive members of four of 13 Houses of a coed experience in order to create a higher ratio in the others, is a selfishly conceived proposal which would, if anything, delay the day of true equality for women at Harvard. (And it is important to remember that it is not the women currently worried about living arrangements who are the most discriminated against-it's the ones who didn't get in the first place...
...CRIMSON editorial argued that all Houses should go coed, for the very reason of forcing everyone to be aware of the imbalance in Harvard admissions. I feel this argument still holds. Surely no push for 50-50 will be successful without the backing of Harvard women, yet the RUS plan would leave Harvard women largely shielded from both results of Harvard's sexist admissions policy-the increased difficulty for women of getting in, and the problems of living in a predominantly male social environment. If misery breeds militance, the RUS plan will leave pressure for 50-50 to 1400 militant...
...SECOND argument in favor of the RUS coed plan is that the higher ratios of men to women necessary for complete coeducation inflict too great a hardship on the women involved. Surely no one would deny that a 1-1 or 2-1 ratio is preferable for all concerned-and especially the women-to higher ratios. But how much preferred is it? Is the difference between 2-1 and 4-1 for the people in coed Houses greater than the difference between 4-1 and 1-0 for those stuck in Houses which can't go coed in order...
...poll RUS uses to justify its demands is, like most polls in House dining rooms, unlikely to win prizes for efficiency. The categories are confusing, results of men at Radcliffe were mixed with those of women, and only 55 per cent responded. Further, the results are meaningless: Of course women would prefer a 2-1 ratio in the current coed Houses. Not only would this leave unchanged their chances of moving to a Harvard House while achieving a preferable ratio wherever they ended up, but it would also vastly improve their chances of moving to the more desirable Houses such...