What would happen if we were to switch secondary schools from being co-ed to single-sex? What would this change, in itself, do to rates of sexual activity among teenagers? Would it cut down on activity by a little or a lot? (And what would the impact be of going beyond this one change, and truly educating males and females, paying attention to their different needs?)
At the very least, single-sex schools prevent males and female teenagers from associating with one another, and acting in accordance with their passions. If schools aren't going to offer moral guidance (and perhaps there is very little they can do in this regard), at least they can eliminate one cause of the problem from the lives of their students, at least during school hours.
It may not lead to chastity directly, but it is a form of discipline.
An aside:
Do we show our true selves to everyone? Or do we behave differently when we are with different people? How much of this undermines authenticity? It is one thing to observe norms of respect towards unequals, it is something else to adhere to social norms when one is with some people, and to disregard them when with others.
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