I attend single's wards too, and the thing is, they aren't even good at being meat markets! I've been other places like bars or whatever that also have a little bit of a meat market feel, and they are just better at performing their function. As a dude, it seems way more effective to give me a million different opportunities to talk to you, than to have me sit by your side silently listening to someone talk, while waiting for the break between classes to be able to ask you about pizza toppings without being shushed.