by Tom Gallagher
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My colleague, Heidi Schlumpf, wrote this past week about John Garvey, Catholic University's new president, and his decision to return the campus to single sex dormitories.
Mr. Garvey argues that this step will curb binge drinking and "hooking up."
Laura Sessions Stepp disagrees.
Stepp is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, formerly with The Washington Post, who specializes in the coverage of young people. She has written two books: "Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both," and "Our Last Best Shot: Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence."
Moreover, his explanation for the change has a let's-protect-the-women ring to it that is decidedly out of step with the gender roles and expectations of today's young women and young men.
