Discuss “Harvard gym should accomodate all students”

At the beginning of this semester, Harvard University decided to close the doors of one of its gyms for six hours a week — but only to men. The policy was in response to a request by a group of female Muslim students on campus, who said that it violated their religious beliefs to work out in front of men because of the revealing nature of exercise clothes and positions.

Although six hours a week may not seem like much, the decision has left many men and women at Harvard feeling angry, and justifiably so. Harvard is a secular university, and this policy goes past accommodating a religious group; instead, it imposes unfair restrictions on the men of Harvard, while further offending students of both genders who feel the policy clashes with...