why 'coed'? why not 'woman'?

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this question is probably in the dumb-ass category of inquiry. but here it goes:

why do people refer to women as co-ed? for example, in the sentence "hot college co-ed strips on webcam"

why not just say 'hot college woman'?

was co-ed a term popular back in the day when women went to different schools than men? what gives?
 

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Right. When women were finally integrated into some of the "better" schools, the schools became co-educational. The men had always been students, so the women were called the co-eds. They were the newcomers.

I always thought it was an exceptionally odd use of the term, to refer specifically to female students.
 

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Right. When women were finally integrated into some of the "better" schools, the schools became co-educational. The men had always been students, so the women were called the co-eds. They were the newcomers.

I always thought it was an exceptionally odd use of the term, to refer specifically to female students.

Agreed. It makes a little more sense to refer to something like a mixed dorm.
 

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Right. When women were finally integrated into some of the "better" schools, the schools became co-educational. The men had always been students, so the women were called the co-eds. They were the newcomers.

I always thought it was an exceptionally odd use of the term, to refer specifically to female students.

I always thought that was odd too! I mean, coed means both men and women in the school, or whatever (other things are called coed too, like I used to play volleyball and flag football on a coed recreational league).