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Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

Posted Mar 5, 08 10:49 AM CST in US,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working out, reports the AP. But some students complain that the new policy is sexist or unfair.

"I think that it's incorrect in a college setting to institute a policy in which half of the campus is denied a resource that's supposed to be for everyone," said one student who wrote a column in the student newspaper critical of the new hours. But others support the move. "The majority should be willing to compromise. I think that's basic courtesy," said another.

Sources Associated Press, Daily Free Press

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People work out at Harvard's Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center in Cambridge, Mass. Friday, Feb. 28, 2008, where a policy has been instituted for women-only hours at the request of some Muslim women...   (Associated Press)
A sign detailing hours when only women are allowed is posted at the entrance to Harvard University's Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center in Cambridge, Mass. Friday, Feb. 28, 2008. The university has...   (Associated Press)
Harvard University student Kareem Shuman, 21, stands outside the entrance to Harvard's Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center in Cambridge, Mass. Monday, March 3, 2008, after being turned away during...   (Associated Press)
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