Harvard Sets Women-Only Hours for Gym, Complying With Muslim Students' RequestIn response to a request by female Muslim students, Harvard University has created women-only workout hours at one of its campus gyms. The decision has angered some students at the Ivy League university.
Since Jan. 28, the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center has been open only to women from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays.
The change was prompted by a request from the Harvard College Women's Center, which was approached by six female Muslim students, said Robert Mitchell, communications director of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
"It was done for religious purposes, but it's not closed to other women who may want to participate," he said.
The Ivy League, bending over backwards to accommodate religion. Nice. Hey, they're a private school, they can do as they please. Of course we all know what the answer would have been if a group of white, male, fundamentalist Christians approached the school about having "men-only" workout hours. Do liberals really never get tired of such blatant hypocrisy?
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