Tufts University Dorm Room Sex Ban

As reported earlier this week Tufts University has banned sex in the dorm rooms if your roommate is present. This raises countless questions like, was this a problem to begin with? Who does that? What’s the punishment? What if someone actually wants his or her roommate present? Okay, maybe not the last one, but this ban on sex in the dorms with a roommate present is something about which Tufts University is serious.

School officials say there have been a growing number of complaints over the last few years about roommates engaging in sexual acts with a roommate still in the room, so it was something they needed to look into (no pun). The ban is meant to invoke consideration for others in regard to the dorm room environment and simple respect for others.

What’s truly shocking is that sex in the dorm room with a roommate present is actually a problem. What happened to hanging something on the doorknob and your roommate simply finding somewhere else to be for an hour or two? Was it really an issue that while you were working on calculus or typing a paper you had the sounds of sex in the background as your roomie was just going wild on the bunk beds?

Obviously, some students are glad for the new ban on sex but others feel that roommates are the ones who should be making this call. Seeing as how Tufts University owns the dorm they can do whatever they want but what does it say about the new wave of underclassmen who forced Tufts University to have to publicly say, “Okay, no doing the naked dance with a roommate present.”

Despite this new decree on sex with a roommate around there is no mention of punishment if this rule is broken, nor any protocol to follow if your roommate starts breaking this rule (report it to the RA or call campus police?). Maybe this would be a good opportunity for all college students in the dorms to start practicing a bit of discretion in the matter.