Mixed-sex dormitories should be the only dormitory type permitted at higher education institutes

My opponent states that " any system will get abused but that is not a good reason to dismiss something that is beneficial for society, even if a few people are doing something wrong". The problem being that in this case it is not a "few people" but a lot of people abusing the system. My opponent also states that "people drive their cars to fast as well, but no one is asking to ban cars". Speeding tickets exist to stop this. there are no speeding tickets for promiscuity. My opponent then goes on to say that "mixed-sex housing should be the only type allowed as it increases socializing". My opponent has not given any proof of this, and it is quite likely not true. This becomes obvious when you increase the numbers dramatically. If you have a party with 1,000 people, and one with 10,000, in which one will any one person do the most socialising? It would be the same, because no single person would try to meet that many people in one night. Similarly, many people won't want to many people in their dormitory. If there's less people, everyone can get to know everyone else and feel comfortable. My opponent says I need to "elaborate what a compromising situation is as even meeting someone in the philosophy section of the library could be considered compromising". Guns are considered dangerous to take onto planes, but string could be considered dangerous as it could be used to choke someone. My opponent asks "Should we stop students studying philosophy next?" I ask should we ban children taking yoyo's on aeroplanes as they contain string (which could be considered dangerous). My opponent also seems to claim that unisex dormitories are the reason why men and woman form separate social groups. This argument can easily be shattered by the fact that teenagers do this to before they even leave their parents. My opponent also says " men and women should be able to work together to advance the society", the problem to this argument being that men and women often do work together. In his next line my opponent says "living together in the same housing this will force people to make theses connections ". Force is the word I don't like here. People should have the right to chose who they are connected with, and this should not be controlled by their room mates, which it definitely isn't. People make friends outside their dorm all the time. My opponent then by extension compares uni-sex dormitories with sexism. I think I already tried to state why this is not the case, but I might as well say it again. Uni-sex dormitories do not discriminate against either sex. They are merely their because the founders thought that men and women should affiliate at a different time. If I have showed the voters one thing, I hope it is that their are good points for uni-sex dormitories, even if you still think their are also good points for mixed-sex dormitories. This being said having both available offers students and parents the choice of what is in their opinion the better option, which is why you should vote con. Thank you to my opponent for this debate and voters for reading it. http://www.hookingupsmart.com...