When you think about women being oppressed or discriminated against, the first thing you think about is the suffrage or voting movement. You may also think about the women's role in America's work place, and how it has been a struggle to get a job let alone be promoted. Men have been discriminating against women since the beginning of time, making them feel as if they were subordinate and less worthy. When women finally got the right to vote, men thought it was the end of the world and that women were being given to much power. Women can now vote, and women many women are now at the top of many businesses, but still there is another aspect of this oppression, an aspect that many over look. What I am talking about is called equal rights at federal institutions or Title IX. In 1972 President Richard Nixon passed a bill know as Title IX. The purpose of this bill is to stop sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. This law can be applied to all facets of education, but it is most commonly affiliated with sports. On page 430 of out textbook, Title IX is discussed as one of the most controversial steps in ensuring and promoting equality. Schools must follow certain guidelines and must implement a policy of equality for men and women of risk the possibility of losing federal funding. Another facet of the equality part of the bill is that there must be an equal number of men and women's sports programs. This has caused many schools to have to add women's programs even if it is at the expense of men's programs. .
Title IX has accomplished some great things over the years, recently a women's soccer coach commented on how the number of teams participating in the national tournament has doubled over the last two year, so it is helping out women's sports immensely. Today, D-1 women's programs outnumber male programs 8,156 to 7,506 and the number of women participating in high school sports has gone up from 300,000 in 1972 to over two million.
Gender Equality or Reverse Discrimination: Title IX: Under Review. ... Most important of those amendments is Title IX. 1. ... Almost all private colleges and universities must abide by Title IX. ... President Nixon signed Title IX on June 23, and on July 1 it went into effect. While developing the implementing regulations for Title IX, the then U.S. ...
Title IX: Liberation for Women or Discrimination Against Men? ... Of course, there are also negative opinions of Title IX and people do argue adamantly against the effects of the law. ... Some men's sports have seemed to disappear because of lack of funding since Title IX came into effect, and opponentsof the amendment are quick to blame the "discriminating acts" that Title IX enforces. ... It seems people have misinterpreted Title IX to the point that funding is taken away from some men's sports, such as wrestling and gymnastics, yet the funding never real...
Title IX Title IX is part of the Education Amendments passed in 1972 by the U.S. government. ... Title IX is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights (civil rights). ... When Title IX was first put into place it was rejected by most people (Hay). ... Schools can comply with Title IX in three ways. ... Title IX has come along way since it's start in 1972. ...
Title IX Title IX is part of the Education Amendments passed in 1972 by the U.S. government. ... Title IX is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights (civil rights). ... When Title IX was first put into place it was rejected by most people (Hay). ... Schools can comply with Title IX in three ways. ... Title IX has come along way since it's start in 1972. ...
I think that in general Title IX has had a positive impact on sport. ... Title IX can not provide money-making athletic programs to support the legislation and it can not force the people in charge of ensuring that Title IX is carried out to do so in manner that resembles a men's program. ... Granted, Title IX has forced the emergence of girls/women's programs all over the nation. ... That in and of itself shows the positive effect of Title IX. ... For some parents though, Title IX is not enough. ...
To understand the situation properly you will need to know some basic history of Title IX. ... This cannot be the original intent of Title IX. ... In the five years before Title IX, the number of female collegiate athletes doubled. ... Let me reiterate that I am in no way anti-Title IX; Title IX is a wonderful thing. My problem is strictly with the enforcement of Title IX. ...
Well, seven years later, in 1979, a policy was added to Title IX; the Intercollegiate Athletic Policy. ... Title IX has been devastating male sports programs at universities all over the nation. ... Adding to this, is the problem of football making compliance with Title IX very difficult and almost impossible. ... Because wrestling has been probably the biggest victim of Title IX, the National Wrestling Coaches Association has filed a suit seeking to have proportionality overturned as a measure of Title IX compliance. Although, the NWCA does not oppose Title IX itself, they only oppose the pro...
Since the government wasn't enforcing Title IX enough, women started filing lawsuits and civil rights complaints against their institutions in order for schools to comply with Title IX. ... As much as Title IX has done for women's sports it is having a devastating impact on men's sports. ... Title IX has now turned into a gender quota, something that was never intended by Congress (5). ... Wrestling and football are not the only sports to have problems with Title IX. ... Where would Shanna Zollmen be without Title IX, she probalbly would not be going to Tennessee on a full...
