Although the women's college experience is definitely not for everyone, as a student at Smith College I can attest that life at a women's college in no way inhibits my social life as Bethany appears to state it would hers. In high school most of my best friends happened to be boys and I continue to have those friendships today. There are opportunities to meet boys, I am friends with my friend's boyfriends, friends at other colleges, from in town etc. The point of women's colleges, like many believe, is not to exclude men but rather to empower women. Although many think that we do live in a world with both men and women and should therefore prepair ourselves for this by learning in a co-educational environment, I think that the women's college experience is more focused on preparing women to have the courage, ability, and knowlege it takes to compete in our highly male dominated society and workplace. This is evident mostly in the sciences, which are still thought of to be as "men's work". Although I understand her sentiment of wanting the oportunity to socialize with both women and men, I think that this article provides a slightly pessimistic view of women's colleges that does not highlight all of the opportunities that women have at these institutions that they otherwise may not have.