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Title IX

            
             Title IX is part of the Education Amendments passed in 1972 by the U. Title IX states that "No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid." It refers to all aspects of schooling but the most controversy has occurred in athletics. It makes schools provide equal opportunities for girls and guys sports teams.
             Title IX is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights (civil rights). There are twelve offices in the country with their headquarters in Washington D.C. (civil rights). These offices enforce Title IX in 16,000 local school districts and 3,200 colleges and universities (civil rights). Their main goal is to see that female athletes have all the same benefits as men athletes. If a school is found not to be in compliance with Title IX then there aid will be revoked. This is still yet to happen today. There have been lawsuits against colleges but they have either been solved in other manners or the lawsuit was thrown out. The Office of Civil Rights receives around 25 complaints a year. Some complaints take days to resolve and others can take years. There have been around three hundred schools that have accepted agreements in the history of the law. .
             When Title IX was first put into place it was rejected by most people (Hay). They didn't think that women should have an equal opportunity in sports (Hay). They mostly thought this because in order for them to fund the girl's teams equally that would mean they would have to cut some the guys" teams (Hay). So most decided to just ignore the new law rather than change (Hay). As time went on, the law became accepted as more and more women started participating in sports. Still most women believe that a lot more can be done in the future to reach full equality (Hay).
             Title IX goes farther into the aspects of sports rather than just having equal opportunities as far as teams.


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1. Title IX

... settle on the more than 250 differences between the House and Senate education bills, 11 of which spoke to sex discrimination. The final legislation--the provision against sex discrimination--became Title IX. Title IX was adopted by the Conference Committee and sent to the full Senate, which approved it on May 22, 1972. It then went to the House, and was passed on June ... as the Olympics, professional leagues and community recreation programs, interact with the obligations of colleges and school districts to provide equal athletic opportunity? What are the implications for Title IX? â€...

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2. Title IX and it's effect on men's swimming

... one of the most successful college teams ever, no longer exists. It was cut under a law that was made to provide more gender equity in education and sports. How Title IX Works Title IX is a controversial law that was passed in 1972 in hopes of improving the numbers of female students who participated in athletics. This law has led to the addition of millions ... facilities, medical and training facilities and services, housing and dining facilities and services, publicity and promotions, support services and recruitment of student-athletes (2). The Pennsylvania General Assembly has taken...

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3. Title IX and Women in Sports

... quot;June 23, 1972 Title IX was passed (10 Key Areas of Title IX), around thirty five years ago" (10 Key Areas of Title IX). "Even though Title IX has been passed, many schools still are not in compliance with the law" (Sexism In Sports). Women Before Title IX Before Title IX was passed, limited ... Since sports, such as cheerleading, do not have the same competition as male sports, they should not be counted in Title IX participation numbers (The Next Generation of Title IX: Athletics). Then again, why do women continue to be compared to men when they are given fewer opportunities, held...

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4. Federal Law Title IX

... The school's student body is 67% female, but women constitute only 43% of its athletic program. In 2007, the Women's Sports Foundation, a powerful Title IX advocacy group, gave Howard an "F" grade because of its 24% "proportionality gap." Howard had already cut men's wrestling and baseball and ... the college athletic scene. According to Feminist Majority Organization statistics, many improvements have been made over the years, mainly in the last 30 years since Title IX was enacted. It's not only important in athletics but also in education. In 1972, women earned 9% of medical degrees. A ...

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5. Title 9

... programs or activity receiving federal financial assistance." This one line has been the cause of much avoidable controversy. Since its institution in 1972, Title IX has acted as a double edge sword. Women have gained much respect and have made great strides towards achieving their ultimate goal: equal status ... -Bakersfield, his school, for threatening to drop their small non-revenue producing wrestling program. The case is still pending to this day. Title IX has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs since its institution, although it has accomplished its goal to some extent: women have...

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6. Gender Inequality in Sports: Title IX

... in collegiate athletics compared to approximately 170,000. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not offer athletic scholarship for female athletes nor did they hold championships for women's sports. Title IX gave women of every age and race the opportunity to participate in athletics. It not only immensely impacted women's lives but also added an entirely new dimension to athletics and ... and substantially less amount of news coverage and airtime than men's sports. If the attention given were the only indicator of female's participation in sports it would appear as i...

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7. Women and title IX

... under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance (Patricia, 1977, p. 15)." What you have just read above is the "Prohibition of Sex Discrimination", also known as Title IX. Title IX has been effective in the realm of education for nearly three decades, but has been a source a controversy in collegiate sports. Since the beginning of time, women were believed ... revised so no university will ever again have to cut any athletic program men's or women's. Maybe there can be government funding in order for universities in violation of Title IX. Such legislation ...

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8. Problems and Solutions of Title IX

... to the last part of the test, "the interest and abilities prong." In order for universities to comply with Title IX was by meeting one of the following accommodations for the interest and abilities test: "(1) Demonstrate that intercollegiate level participation opportunities ... population rose to 56% of the population. This left the men to becoming the minority on campus. The OCR in 1990 issued the Title IX Athletics Investigator's Manual ("The Manual"). The Manual's purpose was, "to aid institutions having difficulty determining which interest and abilities ... accommodations test to...

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9. Football and Title XI

... a bill. Looking closer however we see that it has caused, some would say, more harm than good. Women's rights advocates cheer the effects Title IX has had on women's sports in both high school and at the major college level. Other groups will say, however, that while women's teams ... and participation are up it is at the expense of men's teams who are being constantly cut to "keep up"" with Title IX requirements. Title IX mandates two important points of contention. The first is the amount of money spent on men's sports must be equal to the amount of money ... funding, but simply becau...

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10. Title IX-The Demise Of Sports

... end the discrimination against women in educational institutions. Then in 1979 the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare issued a policy interpretation, which created a three-prong test to measure compliance with Title IX. In her article for Penthouse, Jan Golab does a nice job of describing these three prongs: (1) "substantial proportionality," which requires that an educational institution have approximately the same percentage of ... with no option other than to cut male programs. Women have every right to fully explore their potential in educational programs and activities, in...

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