Just imagine the outrage were Harvard to decide to exclude women from the gym when men were working out. And imagine just for a second that Christians wanted the gym for their own use because the presence of non christians made them uncomfortable. Oh the lamentation would rise to the heavens and heads would roll. And rightly so. So let’s hear the rage now that Harvard has decided to exclude men from the gym so that Muslim women are allowed exclusive access.

In a test of Harvard’s famed open-mindedness, the university has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week to accommodate Muslim women who say it offends their sense of modesty to exercise in front of the opposite sex.

If they are offended, buy a Bowflex. Life in society means learning to allow equal access to one and all. What’s good for the goose… Anyway, at least some at Harvard sense the innate hypocrisy of the decision:

The policy is already unpopular with many on campus, including some women who consider it sexist. “I think that it’s incorrect in a college setting to institute a policy in which half of the campus gets wronged or denied a resource that’s supposed to be for everyone,” said student Lucy Caldwell, who also wrote a column in The Harvard Crimson newspaper critical of the new hours.

At least someone gets it.  Now let’s hope Harvard gets it.