parietals

Cranial side plates

Parietals are rules governing visits between the sexes in college dormitories or boarding schools, particularly restrictions on when students of one gender may enter rooms of another: The college relaxed its parietals in the 1970s.

The term comes from the Latin for "wall"—the regulations govern what happens within walls.

Now largely historical, as most institutions have abandoned such restrictions.

skull

cranium

Skull bone structure

occipital · sphenoid · ethmoid · fontanelle · calvaria · braincase · maxilla · mandible · nasal · lacrimal

dormitory

visitation

Official or formal visit

regulations · chaperone · conduct · enforcement · sign-in · restrictions · disciplinary · sanctions · proctor · single-sex

brain

cortex

Organ's external tissue

somatosensory · neurons · synapse · proprioception · integration · hemisphere

Opposites
skull bone location

parietalsfrontals

Forehead bones or coverings

occipital · sphenoid · ethmoid

cranial vs. facial

parietalsmaxilla

Upper jaw bone

mandible · nasal bones · vomer

social regulation

parietalssexual freedom

Autonomy over intimate choices

Phrases
Family

parietal, parietal lobe

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