The problem of inequality has been around for quite some time, the first time it was seen in sports was in the mid-1920s, when "a group of women physical educators destroyed girl's chances to participate in competitive sports, the only real chance to compete was the occasional 'Play Days' with neighboring schools
" (Blumenthal 57) Girls' Little Leagues started to spring up in March 1974 after Judges of the New Jersey Superior Court voted 2 to 1 to allow girls to play.2 They said they would "defer to the changing social climate." (55) They were treated quite poorly, they were given the boys' handy down equipment from uniforms to balls. The girls were "second-class" and had to wait on the boys. If they needed the gym then they would have to use it early in the morning or late at night when the boys did not need it. Boys used buses or even planes at times to travel, girls had to arrange a carpool and pitch in gas money. Along with those disadvantages, at the time, girls and women were also discouraged in participating in sports they were bullied frankly. The girls that participated in the sport were called "tomboys" or accused them of being "lesbian." This goes to show that it seemed that every obstacle from keeping girls out of the sports "world" was in placed.
This amendment not only affected students and student athletes' lives but also influenced the political life. Politics also played a key role in showing how women and men are unequal. It played an important role because of Congresswomen Edith Green. She sparked the revolution of equality amongst the sexes in the 1960s. She did this after hearing a panel of superintendents boast about their programs for disadvantage boys, in disbelief she asked the men, " 'Couldn't you have classes and include both boys and girls?' " they responded saying "Oh no, the superintendents said: it was better to have classes just for boysbecause they are going to be the breadwinners.