.... There are many situations in which gender segregation is justifiable, but where racial segregation would cause outrage. Furthermore, many of these apply to universities, including the provision of student accommodation, sporting activities and, of course, toilets and washrooms. Then there’s Cambridge University, which still has a few all-women colleges. Should all of those be forcibly integrated?
.... It would be better to focus on the hard and fast lines that we can draw – between what is legal and illegal and what is voluntary and involuntary. That doesn’t mean that we have to like everything that falls within the rules. After all, that’s what tolerance is – putting up with what you don’t like.
[A COMMENT] We are not talking about private meetings in a private space. We are talking about public, open, meetings in a public space (tax payer funded). If 99% of the audience wish to voluntarily segregate themselves Ok by me, but if my wife and I turned up we would expect, and would, sit together. Incidentally, this policy almost certainly violates the provisions of the Charters of the universities involved. [ConservativeHome] Read more
