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The dynamic is completely different in mixed company. It used to be common for men and women to attend different universities. In fact, learning outcomes tend t

The dynamic is completely different in mixed company. It used to be common for men and women to attend different universities. In fact, learning outcomes tend to be better in single sex education [0] and its not really surprising - everyone is more productive and focused. What’s surprising is how we don't realize the effectiveness of single sex education despite research, common sense, and tradition all pointing towards its effectiveness. [0] https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-02510-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-02510-001

whatshisface 3y ago
Maybe it's because we don't actually want the human race to go one more generation before dying out. :-)
- mcpackieh 3y ago
  Antinatalism is ugly.
bondarchuk 3y ago
That study simply looks at the differences between students at single- and mixed-sex schools. There are so many confounders I doubt it can be used to say something meaningful purely about the effects of sex separation. They do (try to) control for some confounders but they are all related to the students' individual backgrounds and none of them related to e.g. the school or the teachers. And the schools are all Catholic.
ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> In fact, learning outcomes tend to be better in single sex education What about quality of socialisation, and how they fare later in life in terms of relationships
- pge 3y ago
  As a graduate of an all-male school, I think the issue you raise is the right one. Our education was second to none, but many years later we openly joke about the social adjustment we went through in college (and later) to compensate for having been in that environment in our formative years
hilbert42 3y ago
"What’s surprising is how we don't realize the effectiveness of single sex education despite research" Whether this is true or not, which I doubt except perhaps at the very edges, I am very glad I went to a coeducational school. I ha no female sibling at home so being at school and mixing with girls made me comfortable to be around them.

whatshisface 3y ago

Maybe it's because we don't actually want the human race to go one more generation before dying out. :-)

mcpackieh 3y ago
Antinatalism is ugly.

bondarchuk 3y ago

That study simply looks at the differences between students at single- and mixed-sex schools. There are so many confounders I doubt it can be used to say something meaningful purely about the effects of sex separation. They do (try to) control for some confounders but they are all related to the students' individual backgrounds and none of them related to e.g. the school or the teachers. And the schools are all Catholic.

ClumsyPilot 3y ago

> In fact, learning outcomes tend to be better in single sex education What about quality of socialisation, and how they fare later in life in terms of relationships

pge 3y ago
As a graduate of an all-male school, I think the issue you raise is the right one. Our education was second to none, but many years later we openly joke about the social adjustment we went through in college (and later) to compensate for having been in that environment in our formative years

hilbert42 3y ago

"What’s surprising is how we don't realize the effectiveness of single sex education despite research" Whether this is true or not, which I doubt except perhaps at the very edges, I am very glad I went to a coeducational school. I ha no female sibling at home so being at school and mixing with girls made me comfortable to be around them.