“Yes, mixing boys and girls would result in more familiarity with how to communicate between genders, and that would make dating easier. However, many of us feel that it is not worth the aveiros that will undoubtedly occur.”
very true. It’s funny, this brings to mind, when my older brother was going to start going out. This particular brother was EXTREMELy shy of all females, in certain areas, even his sisters. I remember telling my parents and thinking how bad i felt for him. All his life he’s taught not to look/talk to girls and now he has to spend time with and speak – face to face, with a girl, a girl that he doesn’t know from adam! (i was in high school then, but i still felt SOOO bad for him) B”h he was lucky and didn’t do too much dating, the first girl he was set up with, he got engaged to.